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asaint
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/25/03
Posts: 1981
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24mm 68-deg Eyepiece Shootout
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Mr. Bill
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 02/09/05
Posts: 2613
Loc: Just passing through.....
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24 Pans work real good in my BT100 binoculars....
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Mr. Bill
10x50 Fujinon FMT-SX binos
15x70 AP binos + Paragon p-mount
Oberwerk 100BT 45 degree + Hercules fork mount
120mm f/5 Orion achromat + Moonlite focuser
140mm f/5.7 Vixen NeoAchro Petzvel refractor
150mm f/6.5 Antares achromat
150mm f/8 internal diagonal homemade achromat
8 inch newt with f/5 Swayze mirror
10 inch f/4.7 Orion newt + Paracorr
15 inch f/5 Discovery split tube
26mm Nagler, 17mm Nagler, 13mm Ethos, 8mm Ethos
Member IDA
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stevecoe
"The Astronomical Tourist"
Reged: 04/24/04
Posts: 2097
Loc: Arizona, USA
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I have a friend with a 24mm Panoptic and we side by side tested versus my 22mm Panoptic. After an hour or we gave up and declared them identical for any purpose we could determine. We used his 10 inch f/5 Newtonian and my Nexstar 11 SCT. We viewed open clusters, double stars and galaxies and never saw any difference in field of view or edge sharpness. They are both excellent eyepieces.
Clear skies;
Steve Coe
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150mm 6" f/8 Celestron Refractor on Sirius Mount
80mmED 3" f/7.5 Orion Refractor
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
New Canon Xt astrocamera with Hutech modification
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dlapoint
sage
Reged: 08/18/03
Posts: 446
Loc: Moncton NB Canada
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I have often looked at the 24mm pan but have a 16mm nag. I'm not sure if it would be worth the upgrade. I did look through my brother's wo 66 with the 24mm pan in it was fantastic. Thanks for the review, good reading!
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Antares 127 F6.5
Skywatcher Pro ED100
Orion 72mm Eon (on Order)
Orion XT8
C4.5
Naglers 16mm T5, 9mm T6
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kfred
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/11/03
Posts: 1965
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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Excellent report! While my 24mm Pan is just favorite EP; I really enjoy using my 24mm Hyperion too.
I think the Hyperion’s are one of today’s best deals around.
Fred
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River Cam - Cambridge England
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Jeff Morgan
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 09/28/03
Posts: 1453
Loc: Prescott, AZ
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Quote:
I have a friend with a 24mm Panoptic and we side by side tested versus my 22mm Panoptic. After an hour or we gave up and declared them identical for any purpose we could determine. We used his 10 inch f/5 Newtonian and my Nexstar 11 SCT. We viewed open clusters, double stars and galaxies and never saw any difference in field of view or edge sharpness. They are both excellent eyepieces.
Clear skies;
Steve Coe
I have owned both the 24 and 22 Panoptics, both were excellent. I have since acquired the 31 and 17 Naglers, which squeezed the Pans out of my collection. Sometimes I wonder just how smart a move that was.
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Jeff Morgan
Prescott, AZ
Wile E. Coyote School of Telescope Making
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highfnum
super member
Reged: 09/06/06
Posts: 100
Loc: NY
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I got the hyperion
good deal for the price
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CollinofAlabama
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/24/03
Posts: 892
Loc: Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Thanks for everyone's nice comments. Steve, I hadn't really considered the Pan 22 cause it's not sold anymore. In truth, it weighs more than the Meade 5000 and I wouldn't be interested, anyway. For folks with a bevy of heavy ones, though, I would be willing to bet it's one great ep, given the lettering on the side 
CDS
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Coelum Serendum
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Kinsale
journeyman
Reged: 02/28/08
Posts: 5
Loc: Altair 4
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I've had the Hyperion 24 for a few months now and am pretty happy with it. Great EP for the price. I agree there is some loss of crispness near the edge of the FOV when I use it with my f/4 schmidt-newtonian. When used also with a 2X barlow, the image is crisp everywhere.
Haven't used the other two EPs you review, so I can't compare. I did want to add one comment though, about a nice feature provided by all the Hyperions. There is an extra set of threads near the eyeball end that permits a camera to be attached directly to the EP. A set of low-cost adapters allows me to do afocal photography of the Moon and planets using my Canon digital camera.
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Stephen S
super member
Reged: 08/21/07
Posts: 132
Loc: San Diego, CA
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Nice review that has me seriously considering the Panoptic. I really liked my Hyperion when using my ETX125PE (1st scope). It does well in my C9.25 but it struggles a bit in the AT80ED. Alas, I find I use the AT80ED a ton due to portability. As much as I like my Hyperion, I've now been terribly spoiled by the Ethos my wife got me. It sounds like a Panoptic might be a good choice moving forward. Thanks for the detailed review.
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C9 1/4-SGT (XLT)
AT80ED
Vixen Porta Mount
50mm Takahashi LE
24mm Meade UWA
13mm Televue Ethos
7mm Pentax XW
3mm Smart Astronomy
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doug76
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/05/07
Posts: 1902
Loc: 30.8N 90.0W
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I find my 24mm Panoptic works great in all my scopes, and it really Barlow's well, and is a fitting partner to my Pentax's. It will only leave me if/when Pentax makes a 1.25" 25mm XW, which don't seem likely.
Doug
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Trucker, Astronomer, Fisherman
Meade 12" Lightbridge w/Dob Driver II
Celestron C6S OTA
Celestron C6R OTA
Celestron Omni XLT150 OTA
Astro-Tech AT80EDT (coming soon)
Celestron CG5-ASGT mount
Celestron Omni XLT CG-4 mount
Celestron Nexstar SE mount (6SE/8SE type)
Celestron Nexstar SE mount (4SE/5SE type)
Meade 5K SWA 34mm
Televue Panoptic 24mm
Pentax XW 10mm, 7mm
Televue Plossl 32mm
BO/TMB Planetary 9mm, 5mm, 4mm, 3.2mm, 2.5mm
Astro-Tech diagonals
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grbrown
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/09/05
Posts: 643
Loc: Ampthill, UK, 52:02N 0:30W
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Quote:
24 Pans work real good in my BT100 binoculars....
A pair of Pans were just too much to lay out for our BTs! Using them mostly for terrestrial use our Sieberts are just fine - we now have five sets of them (not all the same....)
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Graham
"one eye good, two eyes better...the more I look, the more I see"
BT100-45 degrees, plus 35,24,17,13,9mm Sieberts
15x80, 7x50 Steiners
12x50, 10x42, 8x20 Leica Trinovids
7x35 Minolta
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