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Sirquack
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Reged: 05/03/08
Posts: 141
Loc: Iowa
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Hello everyone!
I've been enjoying my CPC1100 for a few months now, and am considering getting some additional eyepieces. Currently, I have just the stock Celestron ocular, and some old Meade Plossls.
I'm considering getting a 2" Dielectric from Orion, WO, GSO, etc. and would like to get some decent 2" wide field oculars. In addition, I most likely will get some higher power eyepieces for planetary viewing, which most likely will be 1-1/4".
Anyway, money is an issue, so I'd like to stay around $100 bucks, give or take a little. As the title mentions, I've been reading a lot of reviews on WO, UO, Garret, GSO, and Orion brands.
It sounds like some of these get rave reviews. Keeping in mind I have an F10 CPC1100, it sounds like one of these 5-6 element brands with 70deg, might fit the bill for my slower scope.
Just looking for feedback, hopefully positive, on some of these brands.
thanks, Randy
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CPC 1100 XLT
8" DIY DOB
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Starman1
Vendor - Scope City
Reged: 06/24/03
Posts: 10920
Loc: Los Angeles
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The best widefields in that class are the Baader Hyperions or Orion Stratus.
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Don Pensack
12.5" Truss Dob, 5" Maksutov
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KWB
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Reged: 09/30/06
Posts: 7619
Loc: Westminster,Co Elev.1646Meters
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In a 1.25 format,I'd agree. In a 2 inch format the 70º Taiwanese Widefields operating under various names in focal lengths from 26 to 38mm are pretty decent at F/10 and are under $100.00.
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Kenny
"When dealing with a mystery,choose the most unlikely of the likely possibilities"-Sherlock Holmes
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Sirquack
super member
Reged: 05/03/08
Posts: 141
Loc: Iowa
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Thanks guys for posting, I was beginning to wonder why no responses after 83 views of my post. 
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CPC 1100 XLT
8" DIY DOB
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coutleef
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/21/08
Posts: 806
Loc: Montreal and St-Donat, Québec,...
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I won a 40mm WO Swan and i am very happy with it. It gives me 50x in my 8SE. Obviously it does not give views like a nagler or a pan, but for $120.00 i like it. I have read that the 33mm is even better.
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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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LivingNDixie
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Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 15782
Loc: Hoover, AL
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A used 40mm MK 70 would be nice, I like it on my C11. I also like my 22mm Panoptic for DSOs, so at your price range I would look for a 24mm UO Konig. I have had only passing glances through the Stratus eyepieces that Orion sells.
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Preston
Celestron 11" Nexstar GPS XLT
Lunt LS60T/Ha 60mm f/8.33 (on order)
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GeorgeDuke
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Reged: 04/24/03
Posts: 1143
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Randy, GSO products are fine and they make several of the other brands you mentioned.
As you can see I have several GSO and I am very happy with them. I got them from www.agenaastro.com who has the best prices and FREE shipping.
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George
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LX200GPS 203mm f10
StellarVue SV102ED2 Feathertouch Ser#0018
Celestron 130mm f15.4 Mak
LXD75 GOTO with Orion 16" pier extension
Desert Sky DSV1 dual head ALT-AZ mount
Baader Hyperion 8mm ,13mm, 21mm and 8-24mm Zoom
2" GSO ED barlow, Orion 2" Prism Diag. 2" WO Dielectric
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coutleef
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/21/08
Posts: 806
Loc: Montreal and St-Donat, Québec,...
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Interesting you mention the pan 22 on DSO. I have a 8" SCT and use it with a focal reducer. Same experience
Am i the only one to have the feeling that looking through a pan 22 gives the impression of looking through a nagler (in opposite to the other pans)?
Do you also have that feeling
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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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csa/montana
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Reged: 05/14/05
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Loc: montana
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I had a chance to try the 22 & 24Pans side by side, to decide which one to buy. Both were razor sharp, but the 22Pan pulled ahead (my opinion), because it seemed to give such a immersive view, I was sold right there! I still have it!
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm B/TMB 3.2
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
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Chris Schroeder
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I would agree with Carol on that, in my 8" SCT, the 22 Pan is my prefer EP.
The WO SWANS work well in the F10 SCT but not so much with the reducer in place, then the Hyperion/Straus is the better bang for the buck EP on the low end scale.
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
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nirvanix
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Reged: 06/07/07
Posts: 296
Loc: Saskatoon, SK
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I've got the WO 33mm SWAN. It's good, but some seagulling at the outer edges.
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WO M102ED S.V. (The Pearl Princess)
Antares 10" Dob (HMS LightBucket)
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