blatterjr
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Reged: 08/13/07
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Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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Being a recent owner of a 12" LX200-ACF(R) it came with the 26mm Plossl. The views are nice and I'm looking to get some more variety in my eyepiece collection.
What eyepieces do you enjoy the most with the LX200's? Which sizes/types do you find beneficial based on what you're viewing (lunar/DSO/planetary/etc). I have been looking at the Meade 5000's, the WO's and some Naglers...
(Figured it was LX200 specific and posting here instead of the eyepiece forum would be acceptable)
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Joad
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Just a general comment: one nice thing about an f/10, long focal length SCT is that medium priced eps do just fine. Of course so do premium eps, but often the premium eps are designed to make fast scopes useable. Of course, if money is not of any concern, go premium.
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Snow dog
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Loc: Alberta Canada
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I find that I use a TV plossl 32mm, the same 26mm Meade and a 15mm Scopetronic EP the most in my LX200. I have a 9mm Scopetronic that I use once in awhile but the other 3 get the most use.
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blatterjr
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Reged: 08/13/07
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Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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I have a friend who selling a few eyepieces. A couple Meade 5000 plossl and a couple Meade 5000 UWA's. They are in good shape and the price is 60-70% of retail. I'll need to get a list of the exact sizes.
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Saint Petersburg Florida
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Rick Woods
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Since I got a set of Brandons, I don't use anything else. My box of Naglers sits in the closet.
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southmike
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i started out with a celestron kit.. I quickly determined i like everything but the 4 & 6mm which became chart holders.
then I replaced them...ok I bought a set of tv plossls.
I liked them so much I bought a matching set and binoviewers. great on the moon. but I had 8, 11, 15, 20, 32mm...and a double of my meade 26mm plossl.
save up for a meade uwa I had the 14mm and 8.8 and loved them.
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imjeffp
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22 mm LVW and 13 mm Nagler Type 6.
Looked through a Stratus 35 mm I thought I really liked until I compared it with a 35 Panoptic. 
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snowdragonusa
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Reged: 09/04/07
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Loc: Denver, CO
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With my 12" LX200R I use:
40mm WO SWAN
26mm Meade 5000
13mm T6 Negler
21mm Denks with DenkII BinoViewer
The last EP I would lilke to round out my collection is a nice 9mm. Not sure what brand thought I have looked throught the TV and like those.
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Adam
12" LX200R
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LDb
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Loc: Cleveland, Ohio
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Hi Robert
It's Brandons for me on my 10"LX200R for almost every observing task. They are indeed premium ep's, from the 48mm down to the 4mm special-build but they are worth every penny. Tack sharp focus, highest contrast and resolution.
Just my 2-cents worth.
Clear skies
Howard
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10" LX200R-UHTC (on ScopeBuggy which is terrific)
ETX-90-RA
ATM'ed-8"f/8 and 4.25"f/10 planetary Newtonians
Brandon eyepieces: 48mm,32mm,24mm,7/8",16mm,8mm,6mm,4mm(yes-4mm; special build in 1985 from 1960 optics)
Dakin 2.4x Barlow
Vintage ep's:
Gailand 7mm WF, 16.3mm (THE Galoc), Bertele 18mm
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blatterjr
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Reged: 08/13/07
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Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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I've had no experience with Brandons... will have to take a look seeing two mentions of them above.
Hmm... Naglers.
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Saint Petersburg Florida
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obiedick
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Reged: 04/04/07
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Loc: The Netherlands
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I recently received the Denk BV for my Meade LX200 10" to use with the PowerXswitch I allready have.
The former BV was a Burgess (used without the pXs) and 15mmSWa's from Robtics (home brand www.robtics.nl). The performance was okay. Two eyes are better then one -for sure-!
I ask myselve if the higher level of the Denk in combination with the pXs is worth two Naglers 16mm type 5, or Radians. The next question is do they all reach focus in combination with the Meade microfocuser, pXs and BV? 
Obiedick
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blatterjr
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Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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Don't get me started with binoviewers just yet... not looking to double the eyepiece collection!!! 
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Saint Petersburg Florida
27°47'22.92"N , 82°43'09.48"W
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obiedick
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Reged: 04/04/07
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Loc: The Netherlands
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Hi,
Hmmmm, Hmmm, I see your brains. Do you use one side of them ? So try looking with two eyes, just as you are looking at your watch. Why not at the sky?
""Two eyes are better than one"" they say at ASTRONOMY, and they are right.
Try, try, and buy a BV.
Obiedick
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blatterjr
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Reged: 08/13/07
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Loc: Saint Petersburg Florida
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Fine, I'll borrow one and try it with my scope... 
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Robert
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Meade 12-LX200-ACF
BINO: Nikon AEX 10x50 6.5°
DSLR: Nikon D70+CCPro2
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Saint Petersburg Florida
27°47'22.92"N , 82°43'09.48"W
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Jeff Young
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Reged: 08/04/05
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Loc: Ireland
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Robert --
The great thing about bino viewers is that they feel like they're presenting a wider field than they really are. I'm a sucker for 82° fields (or larger) in mono, but I find plain-Jane-52° fields fine with a bino.
I still prefer mono for most dim targets. But I get the bino out for the planets and the sun. Doubling the eyepiece collection isn't quite so painful when you do it with Plossls instead of UWAs.
Anyway, most used for DSOs are Naglers 26T5 and 17T4, with the 12T4 close behind. Most used for planets and solar are pairs of 15, 20 and 25 TV Plossls (with a 1.7x glaspath compensator).
Cheers,
-- Jeff.
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