EP advice for 200p dob (f5.9)

[griff44]

Hi, not long purchased the above scope and was after some advice on high powered eye pieces for planetary observing in good detail - i've been advised to get the Celestron XL but been told the Williams SWAN's are a good ep also - has anyone had any great success with the above or if not can you recommend a good ep for the above scope when viewing planets?

Cheers

Griff

[Earl]

Tele Vue plossls you will go a long way to beat them.

[griff44]

I see the 8mm Tele Vue plossls are around the £60 mark, seem quite hard to get hold of though with only a few suppliers when i did a quick search?

Are the plossls a bit narrow sighted?

[Nick P]

TV plossls give a 50 degree field of view - which is 'normal' for this type of eyepiece, as Earl says though the quality is top notch!

The 8mm plossl will give a 20 arcminute FOV in your scope and a mag of 148x, however to increase the field and maintain the magnification you would be paying an awful lot more than for a plossl!

Good luck in your search - EP selection is a subject all by itself!

Nick

[griff44]

Hi, thanks for you advice - just read that the TMB's are a good ep for my scope when viewing planets and alot of people on here have had good success with them