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Orion HighLight Plossl 6.3mm

See my comments on the 10mm Highlight ep-nice contrast, clarity, 52 deg. fov, comfortable eye relief (for non eyeglass wearers, at least). I got the 10mm & 6.3 when they were on sale a while back for around $41. I use these with my XT4.5, a .965-1.25 hybrid diagonal and a 60mm Celestron f/15 refractor.

The 6.3 barlowed well with Orion's Shorty plus on Saturn one night, but that same night the image did break down a bit when I tried with Jupiter (Jupiter was so bright-too bright...)Noticeably higher contrast than the Sirius eps (good also), these are Orion's "sleeper" eps, a great value & bang for the buck, passing right under the radar.

In s.e. Louisiana

Overall Rating: 10
Optics:10 Value:10
Weight: 5 (Veritable Vote)
Date: 04/28/2004 10:26:45 am PST
By: ko
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Orion HighLight Plossl 6.3mm

The 32mm and 25mm are the best of the Plossl line. Bright images, decent field of view, and good eye relief. When you drop below 25mm, the eye relief starts to get a little short. Below 10mm the eye relief is negligable - to the point where I won't use them even if I won them.

Overall Rating: 4
Optics:8 Value:4
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 12/20/2004 08:54:48 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.242.231)
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