Chriships
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Having read Bill's post and using his parameters, my answer would be the 24mm Pan and the 10mm XW, just to show even handiness between what can be two entrenched views. My reason for finding these two superior, apart from their sheer optical quality and angle of view, is that I use my Sky 90 for terrestial viewing and their eyecups are extremely good at blocking out sunlight. Which goes to show that the purpose and condtions of use has quite a bearing on the opinion held.
Chris P
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NewAstronomer
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What do you mean, "eyepiece"?
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Rick Woods
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WF: None other than the Original 40mm Televue Widefield
UWA: 14mm UWA, 11mm Type I
I like the classics
A man after my own heart.
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deister
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Bill,
there is the opportunity to pick more:
40 Gigant von Rodenstock
31 T6
22 T4
20 XW
17 T4
12,5 Doctor Zeiss
8,8 UWA Meade 4000
7 WX
5-8 SW Zoom
thats actual my collection for UWA.
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Paul
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Mike B
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Hey Dr. Paul- welcome to CN! 
Nice lookin' collection ya got there-
Looks like you've got WF viewing covered, uh... widely.
mike b
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DeepSpaceTour
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Bill,
there is the opportunity to pick more:
40 Gigant von Rodenstock
31 T6
22 T4
20 XW
17 T4
12,5 Doctor Zeiss
8,8 UWA Meade 4000
7 WX
5-8 SW Zoom
thats actual my collection for UWA.
..........And a very nice collection indeed. 
Clear skies.
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Kendrick dew control/Obsession Alt bearings
-Antares 152-F/6.5 refractor on HEQ-5 Pro
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-15x70 Binos
-Collimating tools "LOTS"
- TV ep's *13-Ethos *31T-5*
- 2" Barlows
- Pelican1600
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Deep13
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Hmmm, the best? Nagler. No, I mean Pentax XW. No wait, Paragon. Meade Ultrawide, definitely. I mean it's the Hyperions. Or maybe Panoptics. Hang on, can I change my answer?
      
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Mike B
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 My impression, too! 
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* * 15" F4.55 Starsplitter Dob & a Denk II binoviewer * *
http://peaceofsky.wordpress.com/
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gripweed44
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For the money
The 35 Panoptic really is a steal
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John
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Joel F.
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Paul welcome to CN.
We will be looking forward to your future posts.
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Joel Falk in Kansas
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Stevens Optics
10" Orion XTi
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Refractor6
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For the money
The 35 Panoptic really is a steal
Totally agree John  .
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deister
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Hey Mike,
thanks for the welcome.
Even i am looking for a perfect sharp and crisp eyepiece till to the edge. Monocular it must have the Spacewalk-effect and binocular (planetary) it is usualy not a wide field. There i am using the Baader 60 degree Bino and the Baader eudiascopic eyepieces for different scopes (Tak FS60C, TMB 115, Mak 7" and Dobs 10"). Eyepieces are the black hole for the money in my astronomical budget. Sorry for my faulty english - it is not my native language.
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Mike B
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Sorry for my faulty english - it is not my native language.
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Eyepieces are the black hole for the money in my astronomical budget.
I heard that!- no language barrier i can see 
mike b
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sixela
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What do you mean, "eyepiece"?
He means "ocular", of course .
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Skywatcher 130mm f/5 BlackLine (finder, widefield scope and solar continuum scope)
Sumerian 250mm f/4.8 Alkaid (as travelscope without platform and on Tom O. platform above).
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mattz
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Below 10mm, Pentax XW.
Above 10mm and below 22mm, Naglers and the Meade 14mm 4000.
22mm and above, panoptics.
Just my 0.4 of a nickle.
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Matt
Orion XT10i with Feather Touch and Paracorr
26T5 17T4
9, 7, & 5T6
Either 12T4 or 13T6, we'll see after the death match.
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SAL
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35 Pan and 24 Pan are exceptional values IMO.
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Burgess 1278 (MoonLite CF2B focuser)
Hardin 10-inch Dob (GSO Crayford Focuser)
7x50 Binoculars
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astrodon
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31 T6
Now I want to see that one! 
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Eager to get the Cave 6" f/4 out with some 'high' (medium in this scope) power eyepieces!
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Scanning4Comets
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Die besten widefield Okulare, seien Sie, was auch immer Sie sie sein wünschen!!!
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deister
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Sorry astrodon,
it is the Televue Nagler 31mm T5. 
CS
Paul
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mttafire
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In a slow scope i think you'll find that the agena swa or superviews are just as good as "premium"wide angles. In slow scopes you just dont need the "cost". To me there is NO best eyepiece..It all depends on your scope and YOUR eyes. If the object you are viewing looks great to YOU then you have a great eyepiece.
Edited by mttafire (02/24/07 09:39 AM)
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