Hi Gary:
On the short focal length end of your list---my experience was that I could
not use the 7 mm eyepiece (a good one) with my 8 inch LX200 99% of the
time because the seeing was never good enough for the 285x magnification. A
9 mm is more generally useful, although my seeing doesn't allow me to use
that all that often either. I get much more use out of my 26 and a 13.8
Meade. At the long end, I have found the Televue 40 mm Plossl very useful,
and it's not too expensive. A 2x Barlow is certainly a good investment as
well.

Bythe way, Phil Harrington's book, Starware, has very good information on
equipment with comparisons and practical advice on magnification limits,
wide-angle considerations, etc. Excellent book!

Hope this helps...
Bert

Bert Katzung
San Rafael, CA


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> Subject: [M]: Question - Eyepiece Suggestions
> Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:13 AM
>
> Hi,
>
> I was intending on purchasing a new Meade LX90 8" or LX200 8". I'm still
> quite new to the astro scene, at least with higher power scopes like
these.
> Anyone have any opinions or suggestions as to which eyepieces I should go
> for?
>
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