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10" dob eyepiece 6mm range

Started by gibson57guy, 05/31/2003 07:27PM
Posted 05/31/2003 07:27PM Opening Post
What would be a good eyepiece in the 6mm range.. I'm looking for good eyerelief and wideangle.... I would be willing to spend around 70 for a used one and would be using it with a 10" dob primarily but also would be using it with a 102 f6 refractor... I have a 4.5 and 6mm from the Celestron eyepiece set but find the eye relief not that great in this range.

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Mark V
Posted 05/31/2003 08:07PM #1
The best option would be a 6mm Televue Radian in this focal length, but it costs over 2.5 times as much as your upper price limit, even used. Other options would be the Vixen LV 6mm and the Apogee Super Easy View 5.5mm which both have relatively small fields of view (45 degrees or so). A good low cost option would be one of the Orion Expanse 6mm (relatively wide 66 deg. fov and decent eye relief for 50 bucks new).

Joplin