Mine is my 19mm panoptic, first one in and last one out....you should see
a pair of them in a bino viewer with the 5".
m.
Mike & Dianna wrote:
Glenn, I
have had a few good eyepieces come and go but my 20mm type 2 Nagler is
the one I will always keep. There is no doubt in my mind it is the best
eyepiece Ive ever looked through. This one gets 90% of the viewing time
in my scopes.I also like
my 9mm Nagler for the planets and globulars as well. Mike
Leitch
galaxy@ncweb.com
Astrophotography website
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Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 3:45
AM
Subject: [APML] Up-Scale eyepieces
Though this is a list on astrophotography, we have to frame up our
pictures and glimpse the telescopic sky scene before putting in the inevitable
CCD autoguider! I suspect that these moments of looking at the stars while
out trying to photograph the stars are among the most pleasurable of all
for us in this hobby. In this regard, what eyepieces serve the best? In
particular, on this question, one can spend quite a lot on quality occulars.
At the recommendation of Jon Kolb I purchased a Takahashi 5 mm focal length
occular with LED-illuminated reticle for guiding purposes. This was expensive!!
But it's worth it: the occular has excellent resulution to the edge of
the field, good eye relief and fine mechanical quality throughout, especially
in the engraving of the reticle. Nagler-type eyepieces are judged
to be good quality, so I hear, and those that have attempted to copy Nagler
eyepieces have sometimes fallen on their faces, so I hear from the grapevine. Do
any of you have eyepieces that you are especially fond of? Glenn Shaw
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Have a Nice Day!
m
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