Re: budget wide field eyepeices???

From: Lawrence Sayre (lsayre_at_neo.rr.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 02:36:11 GMT

Gaz wrote:
> bob <bob@bob.com> wrote in message news:<f97d04e66bad77084266624954274455@news.teranews.com>...
>
>>I'm currently looking for an inexpensive, but wide field 9-10mm eyepeice
>>for my 8" dob. Ones I'm considering are the Orion Expanse, the Seiberts
>>wide field (not the ultra wide field), and the Antares W70. Can anyone
>>tell me how these compare?
>>
>>Right now, knowing nothing, I'm leaning towards the 8.7mm Antares W70,
>>based on specs alone. Would this be a bad choice? If none of these are
>>good, I'd probably end up with an Orion Sirius or Highlight Plossl. I have
>>a couple other Sirius plossls and think they are OK.
>>
>>thanks

Try the Speers-Waler WA series. 80 degree AFOV. Roughly $120 each.
Far better edge of field correction than the widefield eyepieces
mentioned above.

Lawrence Sayre 

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