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eyepiece collection?
noticed similar question and I'm curious bout mine.
I also have a Celestron Starhopper 8 inch f/6 (strange eh?) focal length 1219mm
Eyepieces:all 1.25" format
28mm Meade Orthoscopic
26mm Super Plossl Series 4000
25mm Plossl (came with telescope)
12mm DSO Super Plossl
9.7mm Super Plossl Series 4000
9mm TMB Planetary Eyepiece
What do you think? How is it? I think it is pretty decent but I know that I do indeed need a wide field low powered eyepiece. Orthos have a narrow FOV and SP will not suffice.
Suggestions? Thinking about a 1.25" Nagler or Panoptic. Going for 1.25 format because i don't want to buy an entire new set of expensive 2inchers. And too lazy to take out 1.25 adapter while observing. Any suggestions?
Most reasonable gets five points. Thanks and clear skies!
If you want to stick to wide field format the maximum field of view achievable will be with the 24mm Pan Optic. This will give you 1.35 degrees which is the largest field your scope can provide in 1.25 inch format.
A 20mm Nagler would have the same field of view but it will be a two inch eyepiece and so is not in contention according to the rules stated, which require 1.25 inch format only. The largest of the 1.25 inch Naglers is the 16mm. It will give you a tad under 1.1 degrees which is substantially less, in area, than the Pan Optic. It will be better corrected.
The question states "wide field low powered." Note that while low power is equated with wide field, it depends on the design. The Pan 24mm will give you 51x magnification. You can get the same field of view, not bigger, not smaller, by getting the Televue 32mm plossl (1.25 inch). The TV32mm will cost about 1/2 to 1/3 the Pan Optic. Its field of view will be identical to the Pan Optic but the magnification will be only 38x.
The Pan Optic's biggest problem is that it is poorly corrected off axis which can lead to some weird effects if you are paying attention on certain objects, such as turning the full moon from a round circle to a football when you move it to the side of the field. It is nonetheless extremely popular among dob owners because it is one of the lightest options out there.
The Pan Optic's major benefit relative to the TV 32mm plossl is that it will make the sky look darker and blacker--more like outer space. The lower your magnification, the more the background sky tends to look gray.
So if you have the funds and want to stay with 1.25" format, and also want the widest possible field of view for your scope in 1.25 inch format, then the Pan 24 is probably the best choice save for the off-axis aberration mentioned. The color correction on the Pan 24 is also poor, a lot of lateral color which shows up as a lime green fringe on the moon as you move off-axis. But you will only notice on Jupiter and the Moon, and chances are you will switch to higher power viewing and not have to deal with it.
People in the know sometimes sacrifice some field of view to get the Pan Optic 22 which is a better corrected piece of glass. That would give you 1.24 degrees at 55x and is probably the best compromise among these options.
Your current maximum field of view with the 28mm is a bit under 1.2 degrees at 43x. So again you'd have LESS field of view with the 16mm Nagler. But you won't get a lot more field of view by moving to the Pan 22. Just a bit more. So you have a lot of trade offs to consider.
I have to point out that by staying with 1.25 inch you are cutting back your field of view quite dramatically. A 40mm two inch eyepiece with 70 degrees like the University Optics MK70 ($225) or the Pentax XW ($500) or the 41mm Pan Optic (around $600) would give you a whopping 2.3 degrees and get some very nice views. There are some "UWAN" offerings that are less expensive from William Optics. Of the three mentioned above the University Optics is the lightest and best suited for a dob (for balance issues). The stream of light coming out of your focuser would be fairly wide however, over 6mm, which is bigger than your pupil will likely be. So you will lose some light at 40mm wide field and your 8 inch scope will perform like a 6 inch scope. But many people consider that a worth while trade off for a wide field view of objects that can't be seen well any other way. I'm not sure why getting a two inch eyepiece will make you get a whole set of 2 inchers. You can have the two inch eyepiece and use the rest. Even those of us who have three or four two inch eyepieces are using 1.25 inch at higher magnifications (the break point between 2" and 1.25 inch is usually 20mm, but 17mm for the Naglers). So basically you'd have a wide field eyepiece and then your regular 1.25 inch selections.
Good luck,
GN
Moon and Saturn