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Subject: Re: [M]: [M] LX200 12" Mag. range question
From: Stewart Squires
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Fri Oct 04 06:16:36 1996

Bill Arnett wrote,

>>Look for a Celstron 60mm or 80mm 2" eyepiece in the used market. These
> don't
>>have huge field of views, but in my CG14, at 3910mm fl, they provide great
>>viewing images.
>
>Have you measured the actual FOVs of these eyepieces? I would guess that
>since I'm getting vignetting with the focal reducer and the Panoptic 35
>that any further attempts to increase FOV would be fruitless.
>

The original poster wanted lower magnification, perhaps for a brighter image.
The FOV's in these eyepieces are in the 42-45 degree range. Eye relief is
huge. I like my 80mm better than my TV 55mm Plossl on many objects.

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Stew Squires

... islands lie behind the sun that I shall raise ere day is done.
Bilbo's Last Song, J.R.R. Tolkien