Can anyone give me a recommendation for a low power, widest field of view
eyepiece for the ETX?
-----Original Message-----
Date: Sunday, January 04, 1998 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [M]: OT: New Orion 50mm plossl


>In a message dated 98-01-04 20:32:08 EST, you write:
>
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> I see in my latest Orion Catalog that they have a 50mm wide field plossl
> with a 50 deg. App FOV for $99. Anyone have this or tried it??
>
> For $99, cheap way to get 2.1 deg. Act. FOV (in my scope). Of course.
> knowing it's a plossl, the usable viewing area may by only the 1 deg. in
> the center...about the same FOV as my panoptic.
>
> Comments/Opinions?
> m.
> >>
>
>I have one of these eyepieces and it is my least used eyepiece. If you
don.t
>position your eye properly it is like looking down a tunnel. The shadow
from
>the secondary is sometimes apparent especially when I use my 6.3 reducer.
(I
>have a 10" f/10) so you may want to consider a better quality eyepiece I
don't
>think you'll be happy with this one.
>
>
>Bob Fiolek
>Allen Park MI
>http://members.aol.com/bfiolek/astro.htm

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