Posts Made By: Bryan Fleischman

Hello, I just purchased a 9 mm Nagler Type 6 eyepiece and might have a problem with the 12 mm eye relief. I don't wear glasses while observing but I have contact lenses (Bausch amd Lomb Tourics) that correct my nearsightedness and astigmatism. Even though I am a guy, I have pretty long eyelashes that brush the viewing lens of the 9 mm
Nagler and leave greasy marks all over it. I was inside my house (raining out) and put the eyepiece into my XT 10 Dobsonian and just tried to pan around the field. About a minute later, I checked the lens to discover oil marks all over. I tried the same just holding the eyepiece up to my eye and panning around with the same results of
a grease covered lens. I might have to sell the eyepiece and get a Pentax SMC XL 10.5 mm or something else in its place. I have a 27 mm Panoptic eyepiece that works fine and my eyelashes don't brush the lens because of the greater eye relief (19mm I believe). I was most likely blinking when trying to view through the eyepiece which might have caused all the streak marks. I might have to keep my eye open and pull back once in a while to blink. Also, what is the best way to remove these oil streaks? I have the Orion 6 piece cleaning kit with cleaning fluid, optical tissue, compressed air, ultra brush, etc... Any feedback/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Bryan

Hello, I'm looking to buy my first nebula filter. I have an Orion Dobsonian XT 10 reflector. The problem is, I have a 27 panoptic (2 inch barrel) and Type 6 Naglers (1-1/4 inch barrel) and don't know which filter to get. I was thinking of immediately getting a 1-1/4 lumicon UHC filter and then saving up for a 2 inch O-III filter. Do you think this is a good idea? What is the maximum power that you can use O-III filters for? The 27 panoptic gives me 46x while the other 1-1/4" eyepieces give me 96x, 142x, 189x, and 250x. I was planning on using the UHC primarily on planetary nebula (M27, M57, Owl nebula) but I read that the O-III is better for planetaries and the UHC was better on emission nebuala. I also read that some objects (Veil, Orion, Lagoon, etc...) look great under the O-III filter. Please give me some advice/information so I can make a wise purchase.

Thanks, Bryan

Hello, I was wondering what you guys thought of the Meade 14 mm and 8.8 mm UWA eyepieces. Does any of you know the real eye relief of both of these models? Some websites list the 14 mm having 23 mm of eye relief which seems to be a joke. I'm trying to compare these eyepieces to the Nagler Type 6 13mm and 9 mm. The viewing lens of the 9 mm Nagler Type 6 is not recessed at all and my eyelashes leave streaks of oil if I happen to blink while observing. I read that the lens are recessed in the Meade's.

Thanks, Bryan

How does the Nagler Type 6 line compare to the shorter focal length Pentax SMC XL line (5.2,7,10.5, 14 mm)??? I heard alot of great reviews of the Pentax SMC XL's with their 20 mm eye relief and eyecup. I don't really feel like trimming my eyelashes in the sense that it would look pretty strange so I have to think of another plan. I could attempt not to blink while observing through the type 6 naglers for viewing stints of about 30 seconds and then going back in to view. Any ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks, Bryan