Eyepieces

[scotttumsh01]

Hi can anyone tell me if skywatcher super plossl ep's are any good?

thinking of gettin 26mm or 32mm:icon_confused:

[SimonR]

I think the consensus is that they are OK but not great. If you are on a budget you might look at the GSO ones which cost a little more but offer a lot of quality for the money. Beyond that, the sky's the limit.

What eyepieces do you already have? A 32mm could be very useful, it is the longest Plossl you can use on a 1.25" tube.

[scotttumsh01]

i have the standard 25 and 10 mm ep's thta came with my explorer 150p, i also have 6mm 20mm plossls, i do have a 15mm super plosssl that i really like.

[nightfisher]

GSO 32mm plossl is a great eyepiece, lovely widefield views

[SimonR]

I've dropped your scope and EPs into my spreadsheet to see what it looks like. I've assumed a 50 deg field for a Plossl. You seem have it pretty well covered. You can see what a 32mm adds. To put the True Field of View into perspective, the Moon is about 0.5 deg across.

A magnification of 23x is very, very low; but that's a 2 deg field of view.

EDIT to add - look at the exit pupil figure, it's near the limit for the 32mm.

[scotttumsh01]

Hey thanks for doing that simon!!!!