My Telescope needs Eyepieces

[badgirl_simone]

I have a Telestar Refractor Apparently (Thanks James) 60mm f 700 on Alt Mount and i am looking for some eyepieces 1.25" fitting because the ones i have are rubbish so what would you recommend?

James gave me a Meade 25mm Eyepiece...

Simone

[The Warthog]

I would suggest you get an 18mm Plossl eyepiece, and a 2x Barlow lens. The Barlow lens doubles the power of your eyepiece, and you will have magnifications of 28 and 39 with the eyepieces, and 56 and 78 with the Barlow and eyepieces. These powers are about the most you can expect out of a small refractor, but they are fine for seeing many interesting things up there.

When you buy a bigger scope, keep your new eyepieces, and sell the horrible ones with the scope.

Welcome to the forums!

[mark RD]

Have a look on ebay, there is some nice celestron eye peices for a good price

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-CELESTRON-32mm-PLOSSL-1-25-Telescope-Eyepiece-Lens_W0QQitemZ180037571729QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3636QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or better

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-MEADE-32mm-Series-4000-SUPER-PLOSSL-Eyepiece-Lens_W0QQitemZ180037638677QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3636QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I would not bother with any of the tempting no name brands and like the warthog said better to go for a couple decent eye peices and a barlow.

Welcome to the furum

RD

[FLO]

Hi Simone,

I have some unused 6.7, 9.5 & 16mm Meade Series 3000 Plossls (Japanese made) at £19 each in the Members Buy/Sell section:

http://tinyurl.com/plkyk