RE: ATM Optics for a good mirror

["Bertapelle, Ken" <Bertapelle.Ken@tci.com>]

Others will probably give a much more sophisticated answer to this, but
FWIW, here's my 2 cents.  I'm pretty new to amateur astronomy.  I have 
three eyepieces, all by Televue: a pair of Plossls - 25 mm and 11 mm; and
a 19 mm Panoptics.  All are very nice, but the Panoptics is certainly my 
favorite.  The wider view is part of the difference, maybe the
only significant difference.  I've never tried to perform a careful 
comparison test of the quality of the views provided by all three.  All
I know for sure is that I use the 19 mm most of the time.  Very
scientific, I know, but there you have it.  ;>)

- KenB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lifedata@vol.com [mailto:lifedata@vol.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 10:26 PM
> To: atm@shore.net
> Subject: ATM Optics for a good mirror
> 
> 
> 
> While looking around at eyepieces I noticed that Tele Vue Plossls
> cost much less than Tele Vue Panoptics ($100 vs $250).
> 
> The Panoptics have a much wider apparent field of view.  Is this all
> you get for the more than double price or are there other advantages.
> 
> Jim L
> 1 John 5:13
>