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Subject: Eyepieces
From: Cliff Peterson
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Tue Aug 01 01:09:27 1995

Currently I have only obtained and used 1.5 inch Meade series 4000 eyepieces. I am really satisfied with them but I hear (read) many opinions of different eyepieces both in the 1.5 and 2 inch sizes. I understand that if you have just paid 2 to 3 hundred dollars for an eyepiece it "will look better" to you. Is there really a noticeable difference in these different eyepieces and physical sizes? Will I "actually" gain by spending more. I've been told by some to stay with eyepieces with fewer lens segments because of the lower light loses and then someone else will counter that something like the Nagler is better. Is there a difference with the 2 inch diagonal verses the 1.5 in diagonal. My LX200 is a 10" F10 and I just wonder if by putting a 2" diagonal and eyepiece on it I would be doing the same as putting a dump truck bead on a mini truck. It would look different but not actually be as usable.

Cliff

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