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Monday, June 18, 2007Telscope eyepieces I have known and loved.
I am sometimes asked to name my favorite telescope eyepiece. That's a bit like asking me to name my favorite outfit to wear or my favorite bird spot to visit - just depends on the occasion and what I am trying to accomplish.
If you had me cornered, though, I would probably say something like the Televue Panoptic 24mm eyepiece or the Pentax XW 20mm eyepiece. Why? I like eyepieces with enough eye relief to use with my glasses, with a wide field of view, though not necessarily the widest field of view and, of course eyepieces with outstanding resolution, edge sharpness and image brightness. I also use spotting scopes that can take telescope eyepieces, so the eyepiece I choose must be free of kidney bean (blackening and blinking at the edge of the field) and must not be overly fussy about eye placement. I can live with these shortcoming when doing astronomy, but not when I am using a scope by day. So far, the Panoptic and XW have been my favorites, but I also like the Meade Series 5000 SuperPlossl 26mm eyepiece, for an inexpensive option. Try any of these in a Televue telescope or Celestron that takes telescope eyepieces, such as the Celestron 80ED Refractor and they will bring out the best in your scope. Comments: |
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