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Entry: Astronomy:Equipment Reviews:Eyepiece Reviews:TeleVue Ethos 17mm

I am giving this outstanding eyepiece a 9 overall rating only because of price. The optics are in a class of its own. WOW is an understatement.

I have looked thru the Explore scientific 14mm 100 degree eyepiece, and was very impressed with the view, it is a fine eyepiece! but if you ever look thru the 17mm Ethos beware! get your wallet out and be ready to lighten it up a bit.

The correction in a fast 4.9 Newt is nothing but unbelievable. Pin point stars in all but the outer portion of the view.

Like I said nothing wrong with the Explore Scientific, If it was all I could afford I would have one, but if you can afford the extra expense, by all means get you one of these
( Teleview 17mm Ethos)

Heavy eyepiece with decent eyerelief. Well built and looks awsome

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:10 Value:8
Weight: 17
Date: 03/12/2012 06:25:55 am PST

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Entry: Astronomy:Equipment Reviews:Eyepiece Reviews:TeleVue Nagler Type 5 26mm

You do not get any better correction in a fast F4.9 Newt than with this eyepiece. It has pinpoint stars across almost the entire field of view. Only the outer 10% has elongated stars. This is not a dish on the eyepiece, this is a normal trate inherant of this type of scope.
Expensive eyepiece for sure, but if you want the best in optics, if you want to see deeper with less abberations buy the 26 Nagler, it is worth the extra cash if you are able to afford it.
Highly recommended!
My scope seems to snap to focus when using this eyepiece, crystal clear images.

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:10 Value:8
Weight: 17
Date: 03/12/2012 06:12:20 am PST

Replies: 0


Entry: Astronomy:Equipment Reviews:Eyepiece Reviews:Orion Sirius Plossl 40mm

A decent eyepiece for the money.
It dosnt compare to a ultima, tv, or many other really good plossls.
Id recommend to a astronomer on a budget, it will give you really good quality views. Yes there are a lot better eyepieces out there, but they are a lot more expensive, this eyepiece will work a lot better on slow scopes of f10 to f6,because of the exit pupil dilemma of 7mm & below.

Overall Rating: 7
Optics:7 Value:9
Weight: 16
Date: 06/30/2003 06:57:55 pm PST

Replies: 0


Entry: Astronomy:Equipment Reviews:CCDs:Starlight Xpress MX516

This was my first ccd camera & i loved it!
when the image came to view a few seconds after taking it, it was awsome!
very good camera response & quick download to my laptop via usb. This is a very easy camera to learn ccd imaging from, & you can get some awsome images once you learn the tricks on how to image process with the included image processing software.
I used an LX 200 8" to do the imaging f6.3 without a wedge properly polar aligned.
the trick to do low cost imaging, is to use several 1 to 3 minute shots then combine them via the software provided or get some affordable image stacking software & stack them for a really great image.

Overall Rating: 9
Performance:9 Ease of Use:9 Value:10
Weight: 16
Date: 06/30/2003 06:24:22 pm PST

Replies: 0


Entry: Astronomy:Equipment Reviews:Barlows:Celestron Shorty 2x barlow

This is another low cost really good for the budget barlow.
it has decent color correction & will not disappoint.
It works well with most if not all eyepieces.
Id recommend this one to all novices, you will really like it!
Ive used all types of eyepieces with this one & was very happy with the results!

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:8 Value:9
Weight: 16
Date: 06/30/2003 06:09:00 pm PST

Replies: 0


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