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Subject: Re: [M]: O.T.: Nagler for SCT waste of money?
From: Cass L'Hotellier
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun Feb 22 04:23:50 1998

Ralph,

Thanks for the useful comparision of Nagler vs. Celestron eyepieces.

You questioned whether or not the guy from the Astronomy shop really
exists. He does. I expected the reply's from MAPUG member's would
refute the statement that "Naglers were a waste of money for SCTs."
However, being a novice I felt I should ask for opinions to confirm my
expectations. Even on subjects where I consider myself knowledgeable I
am rarely certain of anything and try to always invite the opinions of
others - including the opinions of astronomy shop owners who have
something against Naglers and SCTs. I am glad this man felt free to
express his opinions, whether I agreed with him or not - I don't wish to
identify him and bring anyone's wrath down upon him.

Finally, I'd like to say that I greatly value everyone's contribuations
to MAPUG, including yours Ralph.

TONY L'HOTELLIER
10" LX200 f6.3
AUSTRALIA





>
> First of all, you need to mention who this guy is or shop is so we can call him
> and let him know how rediculous his statment is. Somehow, I doubt this person exits.
> I have a complete set of Naglers for my 10" LX-200 F10. 55mm, 20mm, 12mm, 9mm,
> 7mm and of course 4.8mm. It only takes one look at a M17 thru my telescope with the 20mm
> or 12mm to sell people on either the scope, Eyepiece or both. As an example, an 11 inch
> Celestron set up beside me last yeear during a local star party. His wife (or lady
> friend) came up to me an asked if I knew where the Omega Nebula was. I pointed to a
> certain area of the sky and with a couple of key punches, had it in my eyepiece. She
> glanced in amazement commenting it had a very pronounced 3D effect. After several
> minutes of searching, her astronomer friend with the C11 found it. After viewing thru
> his scope, she mentioned to him that "his had a 3D effect" refering to myself where the
> C11 did not. He came over to mine and viewed thru the 20mm Nagler and had the same
> comment. He was using an Ultima eyepiece of similar size as mine (I think it was
> 24mm) but his was a 1.25", where mine was "The Big One", the infamous 2" 20mm Nagler. I
> put in my 12mm Nagler and the 3D effect was the same, just a bit larger.
> Since the C11 didnt have a 2" diagonal, I brought over my 12mm Nagler and we
> installed it in his C11. The 3D effect was now obvious in the C11 also. It was no
> question that the Nagler had turned his telescope into a fantastic viewing machine. He
> was convinced at that point that his next eyepiece would be a nagler.
> I have to mention that I had in an Orion Ultra block 2" filter in my diagonal but I
> also screwed in a 1.25" ultra filter in the 12mm Nagler before handing it to him. In my
> opinion, the 2" filter works much better than the 1.25" filter of the same type.
>
> Ralph