"18mm Eyepiece" Comparo. Is It Just Me?

Started by Rod Kaufman, 05/09/2015 02:05AM
Posted 05/09/2015 02:05AM Opening Post
While I generally peruse that other amateur website and settle in for a good laugh, which it's usually for, I came across a 18mm eyepiece(s) title that appeared to imply there was review of their performance.
Now, being that it's an amateur astronomy website, one might just think that it would actually be a comparison under the night time sky, or, perhaps on a solar observation with a solar scope of some sort, or perhaps a test of resolution with lines on a chart. BUT NO, it's someone's idea of looking at something, not defined, during the daytime. Hmm, is it just me?...
Posted 05/09/2015 11:58AM #1
;-) I just went and read it for grins.

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Posted 05/11/2015 06:01PM #2
looks like he updated it with the actual comparion results.

at least he actually had the eyepieces on hand, many threads are posted and generate pages of discussion when someone orders something and doesn't even have it yet!