OK I'm buying a Meade LX200 10" it comes with the 1.25" diagonal and I'm getting the additional 2" diagonal What Eyepieces should I get? Size, shape, color, flavor :-) Any recommendations with info and links to the product, Please. Jamie B _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com <mailto:Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
I really like the Explore Scientific eyepieces. I have a couple of their 2" eyepieces and they have worked great for me, and they are priced fairly reasonably. Clear skies, Dale. On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Jamie Bradley <astro@jamiebradley.com> wrote:
OK I'm buying a Meade LX200 10" it comes with the 1.25" diagonal and I'm getting the additional 2" diagonal
What Eyepieces should I get?
Size, shape, color, flavor :-)
Any recommendations with info and links to the product, Please.
Jamie B
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Jamie, Great choice of telescope. I have had mine for 10-years and have no complaints. The one I use the most is the 26mm super-wide angle eyepiece. I also have the 30 & 40mm super wide angle eyepieces and I use them very much particularly the 40mm. I think that this telescope comes with a 25mm 5-element plossel eyepiece. Thanks Rodger C. Fry -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Bradley Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:12 AM To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice OK I'm buying a Meade LX200 10" it comes with the 1.25" diagonal and I'm getting the additional 2" diagonal What Eyepieces should I get? Size, shape, color, flavor :-) Any recommendations with info and links to the product, Please. Jamie B _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com <mailto:Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
In my (limited) experience, different eyepieces are preferred in different scopes. With Roger having the same scope, his suggestions thus have extra merit. One thing I've found useful is to bring your scope to a big star party, and find someone willing to lend you a few differing eyepieces, and try them out in your scope before you sink a lot of $$ into something -- many of the premium brands (TeleVue) are great optics but come with a hefty price tag. Better to buy something you know works well for you than suffer buyer's remorse. Also look at the classifieds -- you can often find deals out there on used stuff. I had the chance to set up next to Lowell Lyons one night, and try out his Pentax lineup. He loves and swears by them, and they are nice, but I found comparing them side-by-side, the similar TeleVue Panoptics worked better in my scope than the "equivalent" Pentax; for Lowell, the opposite was true for his scope (and his eyes). You may also find that some much cheaper brands and models works well enough that the extra $$ for premium brands just isn't worth it. My $.02/R From: Rodger C Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice Jamie, Great choice of telescope. I have had mine for 10-years and have no complaints. The one I use the most is the 26mm super-wide angle eyepiece. I also have the 30 & 40mm super wide angle eyepieces and I use them very much particularly the 40mm. I think that this telescope comes with a 25mm 5-element plossel eyepiece. Thanks Rodger C. Fry -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Bradley Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:12 AM To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice OK I'm buying a Meade LX200 10" it comes with the 1.25" diagonal and I'm getting the additional 2" diagonal What Eyepieces should I get? Size, shape, color, flavor :-) Any recommendations with info and links to the product, Please. Jamie B _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com <mailto:Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
Dale also uses an LX 200. Unless he got rid of it. Thanks, David Dunn Software Engineer Sr. -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:49 AM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice *** External Email *** In my (limited) experience, different eyepieces are preferred in different scopes. With Roger having the same scope, his suggestions thus have extra merit. One thing I've found useful is to bring your scope to a big star party, and find someone willing to lend you a few differing eyepieces, and try them out in your scope before you sink a lot of $$ into something -- many of the premium brands (TeleVue) are great optics but come with a hefty price tag. Better to buy something you know works well for you than suffer buyer's remorse. Also look at the classifieds -- you can often find deals out there on used stuff. I had the chance to set up next to Lowell Lyons one night, and try out his Pentax lineup. He loves and swears by them, and they are nice, but I found comparing them side-by-side, the similar TeleVue Panoptics worked better in my scope than the "equivalent" Pentax; for Lowell, the opposite was true for his scope (and his eyes). You may also find that some much cheaper brands and models works well enough that the extra $$ for premium brands just isn't worth it. My $.02/R From: Rodger C Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice Jamie, Great choice of telescope. I have had mine for 10-years and have no complaints. The one I use the most is the 26mm super-wide angle eyepiece. I also have the 30 & 40mm super wide angle eyepieces and I use them very much particularly the 40mm. I think that this telescope comes with a 25mm 5-element plossel eyepiece. Thanks Rodger C. Fry -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Bradley Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:12 AM To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice OK I'm buying a Meade LX200 10" it comes with the 1.25" diagonal and I'm getting the additional 2" diagonal What Eyepieces should I get? Size, shape, color, flavor :-) Any recommendations with info and links to the product, Please. Jamie B _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com <mailto:Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". Information contained in this email, including attachments, is intended only for the recipient and may contain confidential information. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender, and delete the email from your system.
I use the Meade super wide angle eyepieces like Roger does. Compared the 26mm side by side with a Panoptic 26. Not one difference as far as I could see. However you go, you'll appreciate the large window on the 2" pieces. M51 never looked so good! Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Dunn, David<David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote: Dale also uses an LX 200. Unless he got rid of it. Thanks, David Dunn Software Engineer Sr. -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:49 AM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice *** External Email *** In my (limited) experience, different eyepieces are preferred in different scopes. With Roger having the same scope, his suggestions thus have extra merit. One thing I've found useful is to bring your scope to a big star party, and find someone willing to lend you a few differing eyepieces, and try them out in your scope before you sink a lot of $$ into something -- many of the premium brands (TeleVue) are great optics but come with a hefty price tag. Better to buy something you know works well for you than suffer buyer's remorse. Also look at the classifieds -- you can often find deals out there on used stuff. I had the chance to set up next to Lowell Lyons one night, and try out his Pentax lineup. He loves and swears by them, and they are nice, but I found comparing them side-by-side, the similar TeleVue Panoptics worked better in my scope than the "equivalent" Pentax; for Lowell, the opposite was true for his scope (and his eyes). You may also find that some much cheaper brands and models works well enough that the extra $$ for premium brands just isn't worth it. My $.02/R From: Rodger C Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice Jamie, Great choice of telescope. I have had mine for 10-years and have no complaints. The one I use the most is the 26mm super-wide angle eyepiece. I also have the 30 & 40mm super wide angle eyepieces and I use them very much particularly the 40mm. I think that this telescope comes with a 25mm 5-element plossel eyepiece. Thanks Rodger C. Fry -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Bradley Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:12 AM To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice OK I'm buying a Meade LX200 10" it comes with the 1.25" diagonal and I'm getting the additional 2" diagonal What Eyepieces should I get? Size, shape, color, flavor :-) Any recommendations with info and links to the product, Please. Jamie B _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com <mailto:Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. 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Yes, I still have the 10" LX-200 (the original - not GPS, ACF, etc.). But, I need to sell it. I've hardly used it or the Milburn Wedge since I got a 14" Edge HD. If anyone is interested - I'll give you a sweet price. It's an older scope but everything still works. And yes, the Explore Scientific's work well there too - but admittedly I've never owned any of the real "primo" eyepieces. To bring it back to the original topic, I noticed that I failed to provide a link which Jamie requested: http://explorescientificusa.com/collections/eyepiece Clear skies, Dale. On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Dunn, David <David.Dunn@supervalu.com> wrote:
Dale also uses an LX 200. Unless he got rid of it.
Thanks, David Dunn Software Engineer Sr.
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In my (limited) experience, different eyepieces are preferred in different scopes. With Roger having the same scope, his suggestions thus have extra merit. One thing I've found useful is to bring your scope to a big star party, and find someone willing to lend you a few differing eyepieces, and try them out in your scope before you sink a lot of $$ into something -- many of the premium brands (TeleVue) are great optics but come with a hefty price tag. Better to buy something you know works well for you than suffer buyer's remorse. Also look at the classifieds -- you can often find deals out there on used stuff. I had the chance to set up next to Lowell Lyons one night, and try out his Pentax lineup. He loves and swears by them, and they are nice, but I found comparing them side-by-side, the similar TeleVue Panoptics worked better in my scope than the "equivalent" Pentax; for Lowell, the opposite was true for his scope (and his eyes). You may also find that some much cheaper brands and models works well enough that the extra $$ for premium brands just isn't worth it. My $.02/R
From: Rodger C Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice
Jamie, Great choice of telescope. I have had mine for 10-years and have no complaints. The one I use the most is the 26mm super-wide angle eyepiece. I also have the 30 & 40mm super wide angle eyepieces and I use them very much particularly the 40mm. I think that this telescope comes with a 25mm 5-element plossel eyepiece.
Thanks Rodger C. Fry
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Bradley Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:12 AM To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Eyepiece Advice
OK I'm buying a Meade LX200 10" it comes with the 1.25" diagonal and I'm getting the additional 2" diagonal
What Eyepieces should I get?
Size, shape, color, flavor :-)
Any recommendations with info and links to the product, Please.
Jamie B
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Dale Hooper -
Dale Wilson -
Dunn, David -
Jamie Bradley -
Richard Tenney -
Rodger C Fry