I put this message on the eyepiece forum, but this forum gets more traffic, so here goes again...
I guess I want a 19mm Panoptic without the price tag. Has anyone made a direct comparison between that and maybe a 19mm Axiom or 18mm Meade Superwide, and how do these compare with the Seibert lines or with the even cheaper 20mm wide angle eyepieces I saw at Apogee? I have read the reviews on Excelsis, but has anyone gotten all these together at the same time for a review? Two of my scopes are f5, but the main scope this would be for is an f9.6. Would I need as premium an eyepiece with the longer focal length? Do I really want to wait around until I can afford the Panoptic? Would I loose anything looking for something with longer eye relief?
Thanks,
Charlie
I guess I want a 19mm Panoptic without the price tag. Has anyone made a direct comparison between that and maybe a 19mm Axiom or 18mm Meade Superwide, and how do these compare with the Seibert lines or with the even cheaper 20mm wide angle eyepieces I saw at Apogee? I have read the reviews on Excelsis, but has anyone gotten all these together at the same time for a review? Two of my scopes are f5, but the main scope this would be for is an f9.6. Would I need as premium an eyepiece with the longer focal length? Do I really want to wait around until I can afford the Panoptic? Would I loose anything looking for something with longer eye relief?
Thanks,
Charlie
Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
