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Perka
member

Reged: 04/13/07

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: kfred]
#2405385 - 05/19/08 07:36 AM

31T5, 22T4, 13E, 9T6 7T6 5T6 3.5T6 2.5T6
Baader Zeiss Abbe 2x-3.8x with tuning rings
25mm, 10mm, 9mm plossls
Astronomik UHC and Variable polarizer

Scopes 5.1" 10" and 18" All with premium optics.

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Dave Mitsky
Postmaster

Reged: 04/08/02

Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: LivingNDixie]
#2405800 - 05/19/08 11:44 AM

I've owned many different oculars over the years but here's what I use at the moment: a 3-6mm Tele Vue Nagler zoom, a 4mm Burgess Optical/TMB Planetary, a 5mm Tele Vue Nagler Type 6, a 7mm Tele Vue Nagler Type 6, an 8-24mm Vixen Lanthanum zoom, an 8.8mm Meade Series 5000 UWA, a 9mm Tele Vue Nagler Type 6 (up for sale), a 9mm PMO orthoscopic, an 11mm Tele Vue Ploessl, the incomparable 13mm Tele Vue Ethos, a 17mm Tele Vue Ploessl, two 19mm Tele Vue Panoptics, a 25mm Celestron orthoscopic, a 25mm Kellner, a 26mm Tele Vue Ploessl, two 30mm Celestron Ultimas, and a 35mm Tele Vue Panoptic. I also have a 2x Celestron Ultima Barlow lens, a 2.5x Tele Vue Powermate, and a number of nebula and color filters.

Dave Mitsky

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MikeRatcliff
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 06/12/04

Loc: Redlands, CA

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: Dave Mitsky]
#2405840 - 05/19/08 12:00 PM Attachment (195 downloads)

31 Type5 Televue Nagler
20 Pentax XW
14 Meade 4000 UWA
10.5 Pentax XL

Televue plossls 32, 25, 20, 15, 11
Orthos 12.5, 9

Televue barlow 2x
Televue Paracorr

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rocco13
Got Milk?

Reged: 07/29/06

Loc: Phoenix, Arizona

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: MikeRatcliff]
#2406147 - 05/19/08 02:09 PM

32mm Eclipse
22mm Panoptic
13mm Hyperion
8mm Hyperion
5mm Celestron X-Cel
Agena ED 2" Barlow
Celestron 8-24 zoom
and those 25 & 10 plossls that are included with almost every scope under $1K. (I shouldn't deride them so much, they're really not that bad)

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alanon
Nobody tells me anything

Reged: 06/29/07

Loc: Las Vegas

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: kfred]
#2406228 - 05/19/08 03:00 PM Attachment (222 downloads)

Since my new 16mm Nagler arived today, I decided to re post the picture of my collection.

31mm Nagler T5
26mm Nagler T5
20mm Nagler T5
16mm Nagler T5 (New today)
13mm Nagler T6
7mm. Nagler T6
3-6mm Nagler zoom

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viperbob
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 08/20/07

Loc: New Jersey

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: alanon]
#2406882 - 05/19/08 08:05 PM Attachment (193 downloads)

My signature says it all. Guess i'm a fan of the Televue community. But in my 8" SCT they do work well. Tuff sometimes with the 7mm Nagler T1 but its some glass.

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cuir
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/03/07

Loc: Up north.

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: viperbob]
#2406907 - 05/19/08 08:19 PM

Televue Naglers: 7T6, 11T6, 13T6.
Televue Panoptic: 24mm.
Televue Plössl: 32mm.

Celestron X-Cel: 10mm, 12.5mm, 18mm.
Celestron Ultima: 5mm.

Orion Stratus: 5mm, 8mm.

Omcon Plössl: 32mm.
Unkown Japan made "Circle K" 0.965 Kellner: 6mm.

I also keep a straight 9X50 Skywtcher finder, Red flashlight, compass, LensPen, Zeiss wipes, a GLP and a bunch of filters in there.

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NorthCoast
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 12/05/04

Loc: Westerville, Ohio, U.S.A.

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: cuir]
#2407193 - 05/19/08 10:40 PM

Paragon 40mm

WO UWAN 28, 16 and 4mm

B/TMB 9, 7, 5, 4, 3.2 and 2.5mm

TV 8-24 Zoom (Click Stop)

TV Powermate 2.5x

Denkmeier x PS Diagonal (for my SCT) to give me three magnifications with each EP!

This set covers my SCT and refractors.

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Substorm
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 11/18/07

Loc: Boise, ID

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: NorthCoast]
#2407262 - 05/19/08 11:14 PM

star with

1: 32mm Generic then
2: 17mm Hyperion then
3: 8mm Hyperion then barlow to 4mm

Yea

Hyperion 24mm on order

Edited by SUBSTORM (05/19/08 11:35 PM)

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LDb
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 02/01/08

Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: Substorm]
#2407471 - 05/20/08 02:41 AM

Hi all

Most are listed in the sig line but here's my complete arsenal (including the ones I am waiting to be delivered):

Brandon Eyepieces: 48mm, 32mm, 24mm, 7/8", 16mm, 8mm, 6mm, and the rare 4mm (built from 60's optics)

Vernonscope 2.4X Dakin Barlow

Gailand: 7mm, 16.3mm(THE Galoc eyepiece)

Intes Bertele: 18mm

TMB/BO: 6mm (waiting for delivery of 4mm, 5mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm,and 10mm)

Astro-Tech SWF Titans: waiting for delivery of 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, 26mm, 32mm, 38mm

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pennyandchris
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 01/30/07

Loc: Horsham, England

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: LDb]
#2407482 - 05/20/08 02:57 AM

TV 11mm NT6, 13mm NT6, 19mm Pan, 32mm Plossl, 8-24 clickstop zoom
UO 5mm, 7mm, 12.5mm, 18mm and 25mm 'volcano-top' orthos
Coronado 20mm Kellner(good on solar) and 12mm Cemax
Moonfish 30mm (with a 49mm thread under the eyecup for connecting with my digital camera)
'Circle T' 2x barlow
Unbranded 25mm and 7.5mm plossls

What do I want to add?

24 Pan, the missing UO orthos, and maybe some shorter Nagler T6s.
(and if I ever get the big dob I'm promising myself 'one day', I'll be looking for a set of NT4s and some longer Pans)

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jsinon
sage

Reged: 06/20/07

Loc: Farmington,NH

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: pennyandchris]
#2421374 - 05/26/08 08:25 PM

Boy do I feel like an under achiever with just my small three piece collection. At some point I plan on adding an 11mmT6, replacing the 9mm TMB with a 9mmT6 (for no other reason than to keep with the green color scheme) and maybe something a little higher power (for those rare above average seeing nights) or replacing my Meade cheapy barlow. Frankly though, I don't feel I'm missing anything.

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pstarr
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 09/17/04

Loc: NE Ohio

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: jsinon]
#2421602 - 05/26/08 10:45 PM

Radians, 5,6,8,10,12mm
Baader Hyperions, 13,17,21mm W/both rings.
Pentax 10.5mmXL
BO/TMB Planetary 3.2mm
2.5x TV Barlow

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Perka
member

Reged: 04/13/07

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: Perka]
#2421783 - 05/27/08 12:26 AM

Quote:

31T5, 22T4, 13E, 9T6 7T6 5T6 3.5T6 2.5T6
Baader Zeiss Abbe 2x-3.8x with tuning rings
25mm, 10mm, 9mm plossls
Astronomik UHC and Variable polarizer

Scopes 5.1" 10" and 18" All with premium optics.

Oh, I forgot the ParaCorr..

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DSalters
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/03/07

Loc: High Ridge, MO (St. Louis)

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: Perka]
#2427382 - 05/29/08 05:31 PM Attachment (158 downloads)

30mm Antares Modified Erfle
17, 13, and 8mm Baader Hyperions
8, 6, and 4mm BO/TMB Planetaries

Almost one year to the date when I got my first Hyperion, I added two more today (13 and 8mm). Here's my first post to either this or the original thread.

With two 14mm tuning rings, I can acheive 6 and 5mm with the 8mm Hyperion...in that case, the 8 and 6mm BO/TMBs might be out the door this summer sometime to a new home...it's going to take a lot of comparing first. I'm afraid to let go of them and regret it because it's no simple task these days to get your hands on these EPs!

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Rob S
professor emeritus

Reged: 03/16/07

Loc: NZ

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: DSalters]
#2437477 - 06/03/08 03:34 PM

Well what do we have here in this little old Pelican 1300 case?

Oh, look at that, just landed in Auckland, the first-born in the Ethos range.

Is this the first TV EP to come in fitted foam? I don't think (though I might be wrong) even the Terminagler comes in anything other than bubble.

Notice how the top half of the foam fits nicely on the empty side of the case. I'm thinking the 8 Ethos will fit nicely there ;-} I just called TV to ask them if they packaging would be the same, but they didn't know. I hope it is.

Here is my 1.25 inch EP kit, complete with Glatter and Catseye collimation gear (Teletube XL is in another bag).

Rob.

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pennyandchris
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 01/30/07

Loc: Horsham, England

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: pennyandchris]
#2438642 - 06/04/08 02:20 AM

Quote:

TV 11mm NT6, 13mm NT6, 19mm Pan, 32mm Plossl, 8-24 clickstop zoom
UO 5mm, 7mm, 12.5mm, 18mm and 25mm 'volcano-top' orthos
Coronado 20mm Kellner(good on solar) and 12mm Cemax
Moonfish 30mm (with a 49mm thread under the eyecup for connecting with my digital camera)
'Circle T' 2x barlow
Unbranded 25mm and 7.5mm plossls

What do I want to add?

24 Pan, the missing UO orthos, and maybe some shorter Nagler T6s.
(and if I ever get the big dob I'm promising myself 'one day', I'll be looking for a set of NT4s and some longer Pans)

Since managed to add UO 9mm ortho, TV 5mm T6 and 18mm Cemax

The only one that never seems to get used is the 7.5 plossl - the 25 has a parfocalising ring and gets used for finding / focussing with my LPI

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Thunderhead
professor emeritus

Reged: 08/27/05

Loc: Melbourne, Australia

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: pennyandchris]
#2438677 - 06/04/08 03:16 AM

3.5, 5, 8, 13, 17, 22mm Vixen LVW
2x and 3x TV Barlows
2.5x TV Powermate
32mm TV plossl
18mm Celestron Ultima
Astronomik UHC, OIII and H-Beta filters
6mm, 7.5, 9, 12, 15mm GSO plossls

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scopethis
Postmaster

Reged: 05/30/08

Loc: Kingman, Ks

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: Substorm]
#2438707 - 06/04/08 04:35 AM

I have a Baader 24mm on order also. Why are the Baader Hyperions so hard to get, i.e. so few astro stores carry the line? You'll probably get your 24mm before I get mine; seeing as you live in the great State of Idaho--while I live in Kansas with its Pony Express system!!

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strgzrSulli
sage

Reged: 03/04/06

Loc: Jackson, MI 49203

Re: What is in your eyepiece case 2.0 (restart) new

[Re: scopethis]
#2440261 - 06/04/08 09:08 PM Attachment (180 downloads)

Left to right front to back:
Celestron 1-1/4” diagonal
Vixen Lanthanum LV6mm
TAK LE7,5mm
Celestron Ultima 12.5mm
Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate
Celestron F6.3 focal reducer
Celestron Ultima 18mm
Orion Lanthanum 25mm
Celestron Ultima 30mm
Celestron Ultima SV series 2x barlow
Orion 1-1/4” mirror diagonal
Scopetronix plossl 32mm
Celestron Ultima 35mm
Celestron E-Lux 40mm
ND filters 20% and 10%
Starbeam
Lumicon Sky Vector II DSC
Red light flashlight
(3) custom mounting bolts / knobs for securing Nexstar 925 GPS to tripod

Edited by strgzrSulli (06/04/08 09:10 PM)

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