Favorite eyepiece?

[The Mangler]

What eyepieces do you own, and which is your favorite?

I have the following:

Burgess/TMB 4mm
Burgess/TMB 6mm
Burgess/TMB 9mm
Burgess 20mm Wide Angle
Celestron 7.5mm Ultima Series

I guess my favorite would be the Burgess/TMB 9mm, close second would be the Burgess 20mm.

I'm looking for a good (premium) eyepiece in the 10-16mm range, but it's not in the budget right now...

[The Mangler]

Originally Posted by The Mangler

I'm looking for a good (premium) eyepiece in the 10-16mm range, but it's not in the budget right now...

Any suggestions/recomendations?

[Dragon Star]

It depends on what your going to use it for, click on the link and read a description of exactly what you want out of your eyepiece. It also has lots of tips and ideas that can help you along, suggestions, and other helpful stuff.

http://www.sctscopes.net/SCT_Tips/Ey...eyepieces.html

[ozzmoziz]

i have a few

- Celestron - 12.5mm X-Cel ED 1.25
- Celestron - 5mm X-Cel ED 1.25
- barlow televue 3 x
- super plossl 25mm
- super plossl 10mm
- super plossl 40mm
- polorrising filter
- contrast filter
- solor filter

am gona get some wide angle eyepieces very soon

[The Mangler]

You didn't say which one was your favorite!

By the way, how do you like the barlow? I've never used one before. How much does optical quality suffer (if at all)?

[ozzmoziz]

true lol

my fav would prob be the cel 12.5

ya my barlow is pretty good i don t lose that much i think couse its a telvue , its very high quality lense , so i don t find i lose any optical quality at all..

[sunofsky]

I have seen different eyepieces, they were so much complicated to view from that, but i manage to see the farthest stars through it, the eyepiece must be clean every time before watching the stars in the sky.

sunil

[dmill1220]

Hi!'I dont own one myself but I like the views from Al Naglers designs and Especially the Radians! The panoptics too! but I can't justify the expense for the difference since lately my Camera and Computer get much better results than my eyesight!
as far as barlows I own a premium Apo Model I dont like purple halos that the achromatic types seem to introduce into the brighter objects.
Dennis :}

[dmill1220]

I did recently buy some televues and a couple of radians I had them for 15 days before they were stolen, They did seem better than the regular Plossl designs especially for eyeglass wearers, but I love my pentax ones they too are amongst the ones that were stolen but I wll be getting them back soon but if you have poor optics to begin with no eyepiece in the world can correct for that.
Dennis

Actually.. I dont even own a scope.. But it's my friends' and as good as mine !

Scope's a 12" f/4.5 .. atleast a 2 and a half degree field with a 2in 32mm plossl .. I love that eyepiece !

Then there's the 4.8mm Nagler.. Crisp Views of Planets.. Everything on the moon, Resolved Globulars, Split up Dbl stars.. One amazing eyepiece !