One of my favorites is my 27 mm Panoptic, the light weight of it makes it easier to switch to my 4.5 mm and 7 mm Naglers. Their 55 mm plossl is also a very good wide field eyepiece.
I have a 35mm Panoptic that I bought from Mark Dakins for a great price (when he purchased the 31 Nagler!). It's a wonderful eyepiece for wide-field views (the Perseus double-cluster is pretty incredible in this eyepiece with my 16" f/6.25), but I wouldn't even think of using it for planets. I did some side-by-side comparisons with a similar FL Pentax and found the view a little more to my liking in the Panoptic (though Lowell Lyon will disagree with me on that), FWIW. My 22 Nagler is my favorite eyepiece for deep-sky observing with the 16". At 115x (IIRC) in my scope, it's probably sitting in the focuser 90% of a given evening under the stars. And no, I don't have a 6-figure income. It's the one present from my ex that I still cherish... ;)
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From: Spencer Ball <spencer@spencerball.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter Impact Scar To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 3:00 PM Thanx, Chuck. Spencer Ball 3690 E. Ft Union Blvd # 101 Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 (801) 453-2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter Impact Scar
Spence, I don't believe that PanOptics were on the market when Richard "Dick" Suiter wrote his book and ran his simulations. I have no personal experience with PanOptics.
My eyepiece case does contain a few low-power, 2" eyepieces with 80+ degree fields, but I do not use any Tele Vue products. The ones I have borrowed and used haven't wowed me enough to justify the cost. I suppose if I had a six-figure income, that attitude would possibly change.
I'd love to read someone's side-by-side comparison of PanOptics with Abbe' Otrhos, under perfect skies.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Spencer Ball <spencer@spencerball.com>wrote:
How do PanOptics compare?
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