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Therapist
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Reged: 08/29/07
Posts: 17
Loc: Portland, OR
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I'm going to be attending the Oregon Star Party. I currently have the two plossls included with my orion xt10i and i bought the shorty plus barlow and i also have a televue 32mm plossl. What would be some good quality eyepieces to take with me?
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star drop
Guilty as Charged
Reged: 02/02/08
Posts: 2894
Loc: Cattaraugus Co., NY
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Bring the ones you have and try out everyone elses at the star party. It is most likely someone there will have a scope similar to yours and have a different set of eyepieces. That way you get to try before you buy.
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Ted
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NGC6144
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Reged: 07/24/08
Posts: 47
Loc: Virginia Beach, VA
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or get a 21mm or 17mm or 8mm hyperion. They work great in a 10inch XTi. Thats the combination i use.
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TexBiker
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Reged: 12/18/07
Posts: 130
Loc: North Texas
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Hard to go wrong with a 24mm Panoptic as your first "premium" eyepiece. The first time I put it in my 10XTi, I felt like was falling into space. I haven't touched the 25mm Orion plossl since the Panoptic arrived.
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Michael
Dallas, TX
Orion 127mm Mak-Cass
Orion 10" Dob
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KWB
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Reged: 09/30/06
Posts: 7619
Loc: Westminster,Co Elev.1646Meters
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Giving every one an idea about how much money that you can spend for a certain number of eyepieces that you would like to aquire is a big start in the right direction. Stating your viewing preferences,if any yet established couldn't hurt and if you wear eyeglasses while at the eyepiece is always helpful for getting useful recommendations.
BTW,welcome! 
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Kenny
"When dealing with a mystery,choose the most unlikely of the likely possibilities"-Sherlock Holmes
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coutleef
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Reged: 02/21/08
Posts: 806
Loc: Montreal and St-Donat, Québec,...
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I would just bring what you have and try other EPs. I suppose this scope is new for you, so you will have plenty to deal with using 3 EPs and a barlow on a 10 inch scope. After you tried pans (24, 19 or 35 are great) or a nagler or two and compare those to hyperions, you will know what to buy.
If you can do that, they you will be very lucky compared to those of us of buy and then try.
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François
Nexstar 8 SE
50mm StellarVue finderscope, Astronomik UHC-E and Orion OIII filters
WO Swan 40mm; TV Pan 22mm; TV Nagler 9T6, 12T4, 17T4; TV Plossl 11mm and 15mm.
WO 2" dielectric diagonal retrofitted with Denk Power Switch (and now reach the zenith with the shorty adapter).
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letimotif
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Reged: 05/20/07
Posts: 1074
Loc: Far Flung Isles of Langerhans
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I'd have to come down, too, on the side of taking what you have with you, and leave it at that.
If the OSP is anything at all like every star party I've ever attended you'll have two great opportunities:
1. Lots of folks will be happy to lend you an EP to check out in your scope, or let you look through theirs for purposes of comparision. You'll get plenty of good ideas that way.
2. Vendors often appear at these events, and they often offer discounts. You may not only find a good EP match for your set up, but have a chance to buy a new one for less than you might have paid at home. Too, there's usually a chance for the folks who are there to shop and swap stuff they've brought. You might pick up a nicely cared for used EP for a fraction of the cost of a new one.
You've already made the best EP decision possible by choosing to attend a Star Party. Let that good decision work for you as you figure out what your needs for EPs (and, maybe, other goodies?) might be. 
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Edited by letimotif (08/13/08 04:47 PM)
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