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Subject: Moved Message By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.87.10) Date: 05/21/2001 11:22:13 am PST (will need more experience with it before I rate it) Large, bright field of view, crisp field stop. Well corrected at centre field. Decent color correction. Long eye relief; the most `stable' eye position is some way back from the rubber eyeguard: blackouts occur when you get too close and then try to peek around the edge. Nice shape, too, with a cylindrical body and conical tapering top part, keeping out of the way of my big nose. Using this as a `survey' e/p with an 8" f/5 Dobson (Antares Skywatcher), where it nicely shows up the primary's coma, but hey, it costs about one third of an N5 31. Gives me more than 2° TFOV, of which about the inner two thirds are well corrected. I have yet to try it on a coma corrector, which ought to increase the well-usable part of the field considerably, and I don't have any 2" filters at present - mated to a 2" UHC, it ought to make a great e/p for wallowing in galactic nebulosity. The Coma star cluster (Mel 111) can be enjoyed whole, and 24 Com, a short hop away, is well separated with fine color contrast. (In the clever interchangeable focuser adapters of this scope, this e/p becomes parfocal with the bundled 20mm and 10mm 1.25" `wide-angle Plössls', which are really a kind of König design, I guess.) Subject: 32mm Antares By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.97.167) Date: 04/13/2005 10:51:07 am PST This eyepiece is a 10 on the value scale. Its a 7 on the performance scale. For little $$ this 2 inch format eyepiece provides great views on my F5 - 12.5 and my F4.7 - 16. I was very surprised at the ~ 80% field sharpness,,, then the edge shows arcs or the ussual effects of my fast scopes. The performance rivals that of meades SW models. I have seen much better EPs do the same on the edges. As expected, a barlow really sharpens the edge performance at a < FL and > FR. I have no reservations about using this EP. As for Coatings? Its shows very well on dim objects. Its a keeper. Subject: Antares 32 mm Erfle By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.81.14) Date: 02/18/2006 01:43:48 pm PST Very good eyepiece . With the Antares 32 mm Erfle you don't need a finder scope. If you want M13, just point therabouts; and in a few passes it's there! With a well collimated scope, I spend considerable time scanning the Milky Ways' summer band. There is a smidge of coma, but not enough to comment on. It is easy to take apart and clean also. Don't waste time talking about one, just buy and enjoy. Page 1 of 1 | ||||||||
