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I again looked at the eye lens coatings of the RKE and in the dim light, it looked as though there was a faint purplish gleam down deep within the barrel...under house lights the lens looks clear but outdoors at certain angles it looks slightly purple after all.

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I meant to say eyecup not eyeguard. Someone in this thread said you have to get one from Edmund and gave a link to it. It cost $11 as I recall. David

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that "floating stars" effect is really neat.

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That's the fun part for me! Thank-you for the nice enthusiastic report.

I think it's been stated on Cloudy Nights in the past, but looking through the 28RKE is kind of like looking at a patch of sky through a magnifying glass. For me, the effect is most apparent when first changing from another eyepiece.

I can hardly believe these RKE eyepieces were hiding in plain sight all these years.

Thanks for all the first-light reports from everyone.

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I meant to say eyecup not eyeguard. Someone in this thread said you have to get one from Edmund and gave a link to it. It cost $11 as I recall. David

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I used mine for a little while last night, but I couldn't form much of an opinion about it with that big searchlight beaming down on me. I'll try again once the moon moves out of the night sky.

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Hmmm... You could use it to view the Moon.


Mike

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I don't want to hijack the thread, but I took out my the 1 1/8"FL Edmunds eyepiece this evening with a 60mm f/16.7 Carton Refractor. Inspired by this post, I thought I'd would take it out and give it a spin against a 32mm Meade 4000 SS & a 32mm TV SS (NJ) Plössl. The only variable is which eyepiece "dissappeared" the most, my previous photos of the size of the housing have really NO bearing on what you actually see at the eyepiece... The Edmund's leaves very little of the eyepiece left to be seen when in use, followed by the 4000, then distantly followed by the TV. It was really no contest the Edmunds blew them away. When I was readying the Edmunds eyepiece to take out, I noticed a little dust on the field lens... One thing lead to another, so I took it apart. It is not an RKE or a symetrical, but more of a straight up Plössl, see below.



Enjoy,
Jaimo!

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For everyone that is interested - look at Jaimo's exploded view of the 1 1/8 Edmund compared to the exploded view of the Edmund Optics/Edmund Scientific (they are identical design). Notice the eyelens element is the same on both sides:

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Yup. Little known facts: The pictureed older Edmunds actually pre-date the RKE and are "true" Plossls, not symmetricals. The only other "true" Plossls I have are my Claves.

I've often wondered why nobody offers "true" Plossls anymore. The old Edmund is an excellent eyepiece, well worth tracking down.

Jeff

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