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Friday, August 27, 2010New telescope eyepieces It’s time. I’ve been putting off buying more telescope accessories until we have relocated, permanently, to our new place in northern Wisconsin, where the skies are dark and free of light pollution. I just found it hard to justify the expense while living in Milwaukee, where skies are not so dark. Now that we are about to make the final move, though, I have taken a hard look at more telescope eyepieces and, possibly, a new finder scope for my small APO refractor. Part of the challenge will be to convince my husband, Bill, to spend the money on more Televue eyepieces or Pentax eyepieces. People who are not astronomers and even some astronomers balk when they see the prices for these premium telescope eyepieces, but those of us who have used them know the importance of choosing the right eyepiece. It can make or break a good telescope. After all, an optical system is only as good as its weakest link and the telescope eyepiece is invariably the weak link, especially when you buy inexpensive telescopes. It’s amazing how you can turn a clunker of a telescope into a good workhorse of a scope by simply upgrading eyepieces and once you’ve used a great telescope eyepiece, such as a Televue Nagler or Televue Ethos, it is very hard to go back to the cheap stuff. Hmmm. “Hey, Bill! Come look at this.” Comments: |
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