Meade 14mm. UWA

After a little over a year of observing ( TV 102 ) I finally picked up a well cared for 14mm. Ultra Wide Angle EP. as you know it is a Meade 4000 series 8 element, 84 degree Apparent field. With the 880mm focal length my refractor offers me, this EP cranks out 63x now I am not a salesman for Meade by any stretch of the imagination, but I have to share with my up and coming Gazers... what an exceptional Optic this EP is.
It will remain as a "keeper" until they pry it from my cold clenched fist, my other hand of course will be on the focus
knob!

Agreed on all of the above. I would like to add however that the newer style has a recessed lens which I don`t like because it prohibits eyeglass wearers from seeing the whole field of view. The older style, which I have, does not not have this and I will never sell it.

I couldn't agree with you more John, the 14mm UWA and my Nagler 22mm are my two most used eyepieces for my 10" f10 LX200.

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Scott Baker
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