Eyepiece Characteristics?

[Baggage]

Hey guys,

I have a question about eyepieces. Quite a few actually?

What are the ideal specs? (money no object, hypothetically)

Is it a wide field of view with a long eye relief? Or does each feature have pros and cons?

And what exactly is the 'field of view' and 'eye relief'?

ie. for a given focal length, what is the benefit of a wider field of view? And will an object appear smaller with a wider field of view?

A lot of questions, I know, and I appreciate any answers i receive.

Dan

[kevin321]

Hi Baggage this link was passed to me this morning http://stargazerslounge.com/primers-tutorials/63184-primer-understanding-choosing-eyepieces.html hope it helps

[Baggage]

Wow, that's a serious read! And very helpful.

Can't believe I didn't find that from searching.

Thanks Kev

[kevin321]

As longs it helps.

All thanks go to brantuk he sent it me this morning.

[AndyH]

There's also this Eyepiece Review Pitfalls - How To

I read this when I first got back into astronomy after a break from it.

Bear in mind it's a 10 year old article, but there's still lots of interesting stuff in there.

Andy.

[John]

There are 2 good articles on this web page on eyepieces:

Novice Info