Meade SWA 18mm or Hyperion 17mm

[Dave-Ryan]

I have been offered a Meade series 4000 Super Wide Angle 18mm eyepiece for £100.

My question is, would this be a better eyepiece than a 17mm Hyperion?

[swamp thing]

Hi Dave

I have the meade series 4000 SWA 18mm.

It's not a bad eyepiece in my f/4.5 Dobs so should work ok if your scopes are slower than that.

I have'nt used the 17mm hyperion though, so can't compare them. Although I have heard they work well in scopes over f/5.

Must add though IMO £100 is a lot of money for an old model eyepiece.

If I sell mine I wouldn't ask that much for em.

Regards Steve

[jam1e1]

Hi I'm due to sell my meade 5000 SWA 16mm for less shortly!

Cant tell difference as not used both, but highly rate the meade 5000 swa, only selling because I gave in to UWA - wide angle fever

[moonwatcher]

i have a 24.5 swa 67degree and only paid £40...anything over £50 ish for an older model meade is a little high maybe pay the extra and get a NEW 5000...if anyone has any uwa meades i would be interested, send mail. thanks

[John]

I've used the Meade 4000 18mm and 24.5mm. Decent eyepieces in F/7 or slower scopes but I would not pay £100 for one - I seem to recall my 24.5mm was around £40 too. I had difficulty in selling the 18mm at that price. This was some years ago mind.

You could get a 16mm UWAN for £100 (theres one on Astro Buy & Sell for £90 in fact) and that would show much more sky than the Meade 18mm 4k SWA and be sharper across the field to boot.

I believe that the 5000's are a significant step forward from the 4000's.

[26Left]

I've used a Meade 5000 (not 4000) SWAs and I own a 17mm Hyperion. The Hyperion is brighter and has better contrast IMO, but suffers a little from CA. The Hyperion gets a lot of use.

[moonwatcher]

£100 for uwa is a too high if your talking the 4000 may as well go for new 5000 at another £50ish - imho

[Ben Ritchie]

I'm confused, this thread seems to have been revived from March and is now talking about UWAs not SWAs?

[John]

I'm confused, this thread seems to have been revived from March and is now talking about UWAs not SWAs?

Well spotted Ben - more than I did

The original subject was the 18mm series 4000 SWA but I guess the OP reached a decision way back

Shows it's cloudy - we will latch onto anything for a discussion !.

[faulksy]

Well spotted Ben - more than I did

The original subject was the 18mm series 4000 SWA but I guess the OP reached a decision way back

Shows it's cloudy - we will latch onto anything for a discussion !.