[ATM] Lenses for 2" Super Plossl Eyepiece?

["David Sleeter" <d.sleeter@roadrunner.com>]

Hi again folks:

Per my previous posts, and with your suggestions, I'm making good progress
on my design for an inexpensive public terrestrial scope, and now I have a
question about eyepieces.

If I use an 80mm. objective with a 900 mm. focal length and a 2-inch Meade
56mm. Super Plossl eyepiece, I'll get a magnfication of 16X with excellent
eye relief and a wonderfully large eye lens to look through. For a public
terrestrial scope, I think the view would be awesome. When using my Nexstar
11 GPS for low power deep sky viewing, an old-style 56mm. Meade Super Plossl
is, in fact, my favorite eyepiece.

I can by a new one from telescopes.com for $89 with free shipping, but
because I'm going to remount the optics in a weatherproof housing of my own
design, I'll throw away everything but the glass. My question is, in hopes
of saving some money, does anyone on this list know where to buy just the
lenses (i.e. a "lens set") for this eyepiece, or if not these identical
lenses, the lenses to make a 2 inch Plossl eyepiece with a focal length in
the same ballpark?

Dave Sleeter/Moreno Valley



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