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Wanted: Reviews on Celestron X-Cel Eyepieces

Started by pjbilotta, 06/05/2003 04:16PM
Posted 06/05/2003 04:16PM Opening Post
A few of the new Celestron X-Cel eyepieces with 20mm eye relief have started to make it out onto the market. Does anyone have any feedback on this latest addition to the new barrage of affordable long eye relief eyepieces that are now out there?

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Posted 06/05/2003 05:26PM #1
Hi Peter,
After trying the Epic ED-2 ep's from Orion, I got a couple of the XCEL's and they appear to be optically identical. I suspect that the barrels might be a different material as the XCEL's seem to be a bit lighter in weight.
I disassembled one and found it to be fully multicoated, edge blackened elements, well made, though not in the same league as TV (the 18mm had a loose barlow).
I've been using the 18 and 12.5 on my 8" SCT for about a month and I'm pretty impressed. Color is neutral and contrast is high. Minor ghosting on Jupiter but very sharp. Great on DSO's (lots of detail). I just got a 5mm but haven't used it yet.

Mark Rice
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