Eyepiece's which to keep and which not to

[Earl]

I have these

Celestron Eyepieces

2x Barlow (basic one from the set)

X-Cel 5mm : 4mm

40mm E-Lux

25mm E-Lux

all these are from the Set:

32mm Plossl

15mm Plossl

9mm Plossl

6mm Plossl

And now I have also got with my new scope:

Meade

2x Telenegative Amplifier (barlow i belive)

Super Plossol 40mm

Ultrawide Angle 6.7mm

Series 3000 16mm Plossl

MA25mm

Which would you keep?

[step_hen]

you got any pics to help with identifying them? I'm assuming the set eps are parfocal with each other? Ths sounds like a fun exercise!

Stephen

[brianb]

What's your new scope?

So far as the 4SE and the C6 are concerned, the Barlows and the EPs shorter than 8mm are a waste of shelf space. The basic Celestron barlow is pretty useless anyway.

Keep whichever of the 40mms you happen to like best. Ditch the MA 25mm.

[John]

Here are my suggestions:

Celestron Eyepieces

2x Barlow (basic one from the set) - ditch

X-Cel 5mm : 4mm - keep but won't get much use !

40mm E-Lux - ditch - 32mm plossl shows the same amount of sky

25mm E-Lux - keep

all these are from the Set:

32mm Plossl - keep

15mm Plossl - ditch - Meade 3000 16 is better

9mm Plossl - keep to fill a gap

6mm Plossl - ditch -- duplicated and improved on by Meade UWA

And now I have also got with my new scope:

Meade

2x Telenegative Amplifier (barlow i belive) - keep cause it's good but probably wont use it much

Super Plossol 40mm - ditch - shows no more sky than 32mm plossl

Ultrawide Angle 6.7mm - a keeper !

Series 3000 16mm Plossl - a real gem !

MA25mm - ditch

There you go !

[russ]

If it was me I would ditch these:

2x Barlow

X-Cel 5mm : 4mm

40mm E-Lux

25mm E-Lux

15mm Plossl

6mm Plossl

Super Plossol 40mm

MA25mm

2x Telenegative Amplifier

Keep these:

32mm Plossl

Series 3000 16mm Plossl

9mm Plossl

Ultrawide Angle 6.7mm

[Earl]

The new Scope is a LX10 8" Meade SCT

[step_hen]

keep the 2x telenegative over the celestron barlow.

32mm Plossl is a keeper, along with the 3000 series 16.

Keep the 6.7 as a high power ep when conditions are top notch

The rest i would sell on and buy something nice around 10mm and 20-25mm.

[Earl]

Looks like ill be busy on ebay then

[Earl]

If anyone is interested I have listed these in my eBay shop 99p auctions.

the-bitz-store

[NGC 1502]

Hi, If you do any "public outreach" events ( my local club does several each year ) then it's worth keeping a couple of eyepieces for that, they get all sorts of gunk & mascara etc on 'em !! Saves you lots of cleaning of your "best" eyepieces !! Ed.

[russ]

Hi, If you do any "public outreach" events ( my local club does several each year ) then it's worth keeping a couple of eyepieces for that, they get all sorts of gunk & mascara etc on 'em !! Saves you lots of cleaning of your "best" eyepieces !! Ed.

That's a very good point. I keep back a couple of old plossls for that reason.