Sorry if it's a bit brief as I've never reviewed anything before but hope it helps. I'll probably add more next time I scan the skies. Maybe in a scope with a longer focal length it would work better but in mine I guess it's ok for a budget 2" wide FOV eyepiece, but not as good as the reviews led me to believe. Tele Vue 1.25' Nagler Planetary Zoom Eyepiece 3-6mm. The stars in the centre were looking nice & sharp but again the edges were distorted, Explore Scientific 1.25' 52 Series Argon-Purged Waterproof Eyepiece - 3mm. I had a look at M31 which was quite low in the sky by then so I wasn't picking out much detail so I slewed the scope to M44. Another thing I was finding is when I was moving my eye around viewing with this eyepiece the field of view wasn't looking particulary flat either. My first target was the Pleiades it was nice to see it within the FOV for a change, the colours & contrast looked nice, the stars themselves were looking nice & sharp, I then had a look at the double cluster which filled the view with stars, again they were looking nice & sharp but the edges were distorted & seemed to be more so in one area, so I'm not quite sure why that was. The next time I used it was on Saturday the clouds finally cleared so I got set up in the garden. The colours had a nice contrast the planet & moons were looking nice & sharp, so it seemed to be a good start. My first attempt using it the weather went against me & the fog ruined it all although I did manage to focus it on Jupiter before it disappeared. This is my first 2" eyepiece & I know it's not going to compete with the high end brands & I have looked through a few at a couple of star parties, my favourite View was looking at the Veil Nebula with a Skywatcher Nirvana with a 12" TS Dob. The telescope I will be using it with is a Skywatcher 200P explorer on an NEQ6 as I figure with it being an F5 would show up any imperfections. This also my first review so my apologies if I slip up with any technical terms as I've only had a telescope for just over a year now & I'm still learning. ![]() It claims to have a 70º FOV & it has coated glass as you'd expect. ![]() Ok so it's not a thing of beauty but seems to be well put together with a nice weighty feel. I eagerly opened the box which was very well packed & had a look at the eyepiece itself. I ordered it late on Monday evening & it arrived on Wednesday morning so I've got no complaints about the service from Opticstar. I think there are a few clones of these around as I've seen quite a few variants while looking around online. Which ended up being a bit cheaper than the one I was originally looking at so thanks for the Link John & Spec-Chum. Threaded for standard 2' astronomy filters. Long 20mm eye relief and folddown rubber eyeguard for comfortable and adjustable viewing. ![]() 5 lens elements Fully multi-coated lenses and blackened lens edges for sharp, high-contrast views. After asking a question about these on here & reading a few favourable reviews online about Agena eyepieces I thought I'd give one a go.Īs I'm on a tight budget at the moment I thought I'd take the plunge & ordered a cloned version called an Ascension eyepiece which I brought from here. 2' 26mm super wide angle eyepiece, wide 70 degree apparent field of view.
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