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Subject: Re: Meade optics
From: Alex McCollom
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Oct 10 00:12:36 1994

Robert Fields Wrote:

>I was using a 4.8 Nagler while viewing Saturn. The view was quite nice.
>We then popped in a cheap ortho and the view improved dramatically. I found
>that the Nagler had lots of *ghosting*. We didn't even notice the
>ghosting until we replaced the Nagler, at the suggesting of a very
>experienced observer. The contrast jumped and they sky went jet black.
>There's no real point here. Just sharing an experience I had where a
>cheapie little ortho way out-performed the Nagler. Not sure how this
>correlates the Meade series 400 super plossls.

Really? Being an advocate of the Nagler eyepieces, I feel somewhat stupid! : ) Still, I don't actually own a Nagler 4.8, simply because the seeing where I am never gets good enough to warrant such an eyepiece. I hope you (or anyone else) haven't had similar experiences with other Nagler's, since I've found the 9mm and 12mm to be excellent.

Alex McCollom | The Fudgsicles are in the basement. Boston University | "A beer in hand is worth six in the fridge" alexm@acs.bu.edu I Green Eggs and Ham I am