+Graham Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Ok ok So when you have picked yourselves up off the floor by me a dedicated imager asking this question. I want one half decent eye piece so I can do some (dare I say it visual) stuff whilst the imaging rig is running. Thanks Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 i have a EP 12mm i think Morpheus but no idea whether it would be any good for your scope as I dont really use eyepieces. Got it really cheap Was for a mount nearly removing my head You are welcome to it if you want it here is the review of it +Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Very nice eyepiece Graham. It will work fine in your scope for higher power +Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 +Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Hi Graham, below is my spreadsheet (snapshot) of AFOV's TFOV's + magnifications etc for eyepieces used on my 10" Meade LX200 GPS... If you do decide to get more than 1 ?? +Graham and +Streetbob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, Sheila said: i have a EP 12mm i think Morpheus but no idea whether it would be any good for your scope as I dont really use eyepieces. Got it really cheap Was for a mount nearly removing my head You are welcome to it if you want it here is the review of it Thank you very much for the extremely generous offer Sheila. I would love to have that. Many thanks. 3 hours ago, Smithysteve said: Hi Graham, below is my spreadsheet (snapshot) of AFOV's TFOV's + magnifications etc for eyepieces used on my 10" Meade LX200 GPS... If you do decide to get more than 1 ?? Thanks Stephen. Its only taken me several years to get one, I think two would just be pushing it 3 hours ago, Daz Type-R said: Yea yea I know 4 hours ago, Tweedledee said: Very nice eyepiece Graham. It will work fine in your scope for higher power Thanks Pete. Edited May 12, 2016 by Graham Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 You could now start to build up a nice eyepiece collection Graham Steve has a good range above, some might say way too many to choose from To go with Sheilas Morpheus 12.5mm, you could do with a nice long focal length up to a maximum of say 56mm for your widest field and a couple of intermediate focal lengths between these two. With your long focal length LX200, you wouldn't often get chance to use anything very much shorter than 12.5mm. Maybe a 7mm on a couple of really excellent nights a year. You'll find a few good bargains on astrobuysell or ebay. They usually retain their value quite well, so if you don't get on with it, you'll probably sell it for what you paid, or possibly more if you bargained them down in the first place. The other thing is that F10 is quite forgiving on eyepiece quality, so you don't necessarily need to spend a fortune on high end eyepieces. Hope you start to enjoy some visual Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Pete there will no danger of me collecting EP's. I am and forever will be an imager. How you folks stand there in the freezing cold looking through Telescopes for hours on end quite frankly amazes me, I much prefer to sit in my nice warm room on a comfy chair next to the radiator and watch the subs roll in. Edited May 12, 2016 by Graham Tweedledee and Smithysteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Thought you'd say that Graham. But you might find that just one is not enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 You are right there Pete, you just cannot stop at one! A 40mm or bigger will give you a nice wide field view, some objects don't need much magnification. Good on ya Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Come on fellers I have conceded to one what more do you expect Tweedledee and Smithysteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 That's just the start of it. Soon you'll be eyeing-up an Ethos +Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 49 minutes ago, Tweedledee said: That's just the start of it. Soon you'll be eyeing-up an Ethos No chance the imaging side of things costs me enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 I'd consider with one of these...... Tele-vue 55mm Plossl (50 deg fov) or maybe a Vixen LVW 42mm (65 deg fov) If it was me though, i'd probably opt for the... Tele-vue 41mm Panoptic (68 deg fov) All of the above are good investments, with little in the way of depreciation. Tweedledee, +Graham and Smithysteve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Graham said: Come on fellers I have conceded to one what more do you expect Well Graham... Glad you are thinking of some photon therapy... ? But... One EP on its own will be sad and lonely! It is well known that EP's are gregarious and prefer living in a case with other EP's They are a bit like knives forks and spoons... You don't just have one fork in your cutlery drawer do you? Anyway, i don't think you are even allowed to have just one... Someone would have to report you to the RSPCE (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Eyepieces) Three would be a minimum requirement, (to start with), For high power, the Morpheus 12.5mm is ideal. But a high power EP won't allow you to see most things and it will be difficult to find things too, so you could also do with a medium powered EP of say 20mm and a low power EP of around 30mm to 40mm. Then you would pretty much find and see anything! ? I won't go into AFOV at this moment. Tweedledee and +Graham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Graham said: No chance the imaging side of things costs me enough Just sell the camera then You probably wish you'd never started this thread Smithysteve and +Graham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 I feel dirty even reading this thread +Graham, Smithysteve and Tweedledee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Dirty????? At least us visual lot are not cheating.... +Graham, Smithysteve, +Ibbo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post +Ibbo Posted May 12, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2016 Std answer low power 40mm ish medium power 20mm ish high power 9mm ish i do in fact have a selection of the eye thingies and the most used are the 20mm and 16mm for me +Graham, Tweedledee, Daz Type-R and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Tweedledee said: Just sell the camera then You probably wish you'd never started this thread Sell the camera such blasphemy should not be allowed Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I have even seen Sheila look through an eyepiece, go on, come over to the Light side. Walk towards the light Graham. +Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 (edited) 21 minutes ago, BAZ said: I have even seen Sheila look through an eyepiece, go on, come over to the Light side. Walk towards the light Graham. Not a chance. The Dark side rules. I mean if it was not for us Dark siders you light side folks would never know what those fuzzy objects you stare at really look like Edited May 13, 2016 by Graham Tweedledee and Smithysteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Watson Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Indeed - In fact, I'm going to come right out and say it. Imaging is the only way really....as.... lets face it....most deep sky objects are a bit of a disappointment visually really aren't they? Let the punch up commence. Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 41 minutes ago, DeanWatson said: Indeed - In fact, I'm going to come right out and say it. Imaging is the only way really....as.... lets face it....most deep sky objects are a bit of a disappointment visually really aren't they? Let the punch up commence. from an imager .... no i dont agree that is a surprise coming from me who does not really use and eyepiece on my kit I only do imaging but i can see the joy on some faces (even if it is a little fuzzy dot) of the visual guys spotting a faint fuzzy. Nothing like seeing something with your own eyes, is there chaps Although I like the images I produce, I still go a steal a look through someone elses telescope at some of the targets I image Daz Type-R, Tweedledee, Smithysteve and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Apart from events like the birth of my children and my own wedding etc. I have never experienced such inspiration, excitement and sheer happiness as when observing visually from a really dark sky site. Just being there under the infinite dome of the night sky experiencing the stars and odd meteors etc. with my own eyes just fills me with wonder. When a cluster of shimmering diamonds exposes its breathtaking glory and innermost secrets through the eyepiece I feel so privileged to see such a wonder. When I manually search for and eventually locate that elusive nebula, even though it is the tiniest wisp of ethereal breath on the limit of averted vision, what a thrill! The detection of a few ancient photons by my very own retina from that 13th magnitude galaxy over 50 million light years away, makes the hairs on the back my neck stand up and sends tingles up and down my spine. To watch that three dimensional globe of Jupiter or Saturn with moons orbiting over several hours in real time, and to expand the lunar surface so it seems you are flying a space ship over it is mind blowing. My telescope is like a time machine giving me the freedom to travel anywhere in time and space. There are nights when the eyepiece views are disappointing visually, but for me that only happens when the sky is poor. But for me, there is little to beat the buzz of a perfect night of visual observing. I'd rather be freezing half to death experiencing the above than sitting in front of a laptop watching the subs roll in. That may have something to do with the fact that I'm as thick as a plank when it comes to imaging. I have every respect for you imagers and I'm in awe of what you can do. And just hope you get similar thrills capturing and processing your superb pictures. What a wonderful hobby, dark side included Werisit, Smithysteve and BAZ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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