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Subject: Re: Nearsighted observing
From: Todd Gross
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Wed Mar 08 03:37:04 1995

>Even though I've tried the Meade Super Plossls that supposedly have
>excellent eye relief, I find that I still need to remove my glasses in
>order to see much of anything. SInce I'm very nearsighted this causes a
>couple of problems: I can't see much of anything without the glasses,
>and I can't find a safe place to temporarily set them on the scope
>mount. (And at $200+ for a pair, I *don't* want them bouncing off the
>asphalt driveway!).

I can't think of an eyepiece that I have used that had WORSE eye relief than the Meade super plossl!!! (at 9mm).

I find it very satisfying that I can focus for someone who does not wear glasses, on my LX200, f/10 8" scope, and then peer right through with my glasses on several eyepieces I have including:

Plossl 26mm Meade (that one is OK) Vixen Lanthanum 6mm, 10mm (hey, 20mm eye relief, I don't even have to fold down the eye cup) 35mm Panoptic.. (almost too much eye relief) 16mm Nagler.. (OK, we're getting close here.... glasses do get pressed against my face)

-Todd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Todd Gross Channel 7 Meteorologist, Boston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email address: Toddg@shore.net Work Phone#: (617)725-0805 Personal 24 Hr. Wx Hotline: 976-6200 (508 & 617 only - 59c/min)