· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Eyepieces Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | (show all) mak17 professor emeritus Reged: 02/08/11 Loc: Florida What was your 1st TV eyepiece?       #5158053 - 04/05/12 06:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I just got my first Televue Eyepiece today after being in the hobby a little over a year. It's a second hand smoothside Circle R 21mm TV plossl. Clouds in the forecast tonight but I was able to do some daytime viewing and looks razor sharp. Great eye relief too. So what was your first TV eyepiece? Post Extras:       sgorton99 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 04/30/08 Loc: Wisconsin, Madison Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: mak17]       #5158059 - 04/05/12 06:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The current version of the 32mm plossl. I have since sold that one and switched to my current "retro" line-up of Televues in my signature. Love the smoothies! Post Extras:       Warren914 member Reged: 03/21/12 Loc: Nova Scotia, Canada Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: sgorton99]       #5158060 - 04/05/12 06:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I have a Nagler 3-6mm zoom and a Nagler type 2 20mm both in the mail. Not sure which will arrive first. Post Extras:       SUN RA KAT super member Reged: 09/10/11 Loc: Centerville, Ohio USA Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: mak17]       #5158063 - 04/05/12 06:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The very first 13mm Nagler (now called Type 1) when it just had come out around 1980. That eyepiece still inspires awe today. Huge and heavy - 1.25" and 2" barrel diameteres in the same eyepiece. Not long after that I got the TV 2" diameter 40mm Wide Field. It inspires equally as much awe. Huger and much heavier than the 13mm Nagler. Post Extras:       russell23 Post Laureate Reged: 05/31/09 Loc: Upstate NY Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: SUN RA KAT]       #5158066 - 04/05/12 06:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   27mm Panoptic. I couldn't stand the pincushion so I sold it. Post Extras:       stevenp_86 professor emeritus Reged: 11/30/11 Loc: Ontario Canada Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: russell23]       #5158068 - 04/05/12 06:18 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   6mm delos (first EP period) Post Extras:       MRNUTTY Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/22/11 Loc: Mendon, MA Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: stevenp_86]       #5158085 - 04/05/12 06:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The first EP I ever bought was a 35mm Panoptic and the last a 55mm Plossl. And a ton of other ES and Orion EP's in between. Post Extras:       ahlberto Pooh-Bah Reged: 09/06/08 Loc: lisbon-portugal Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: MRNUTTY]       #5158087 - 04/05/12 06:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   24 pan Post Extras:       MitchAlsup Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/31/09 Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: ahlberto]       #5158092 - 04/05/12 06:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I bought the 40mm Wide Field as my first TV. Post Extras:       JIMZ7 Pooh-Bah Reged: 10/22/05 Loc: S.E.Michigan near DTW Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: MitchAlsup]       #5158098 - 04/05/12 06:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Back in the late 80's I purchased a 11mm Nagler type-1 eyepiece & with regret-I sold it in the early 90's. Also TV 7.4mm,13mm & 17mm smoothie Plossls I no longer have. The 10.5mm TV(R)smoothie Plossl I currently own, is going nowhere except into my star diagonal. Jim Post Extras:       Jon Isaacs Postmaster Reged: 06/16/04 Loc: San Diego and Boulevard, CA Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: stevenp_86]       #5158103 - 04/05/12 06:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My first TV eyepiece was a 24mm TV Widefield which I purchased used along with a 1.25 inch Paracorr. I still have the 24mm Widefield and use it frequently, more often than the 22mm Panoptic. Looks very old and tired but it still does a good job in a faster scope... I still "have" the 1.25 inch Paracorr though it is on long term loan to a certain fellow who is known for his prowess with SCTs. He is also the author of several books. His next book, soon to come out is: "Chewing and Abusing a Schmidt-Casserole Telescope" subtitled: "I See the Light, Dobs are Great, GOTO is GONE." (No malice intended, he's been a great mentor to us all . I'm just trying to score a couple of points ) Jon Edited by Jon Isaacs (04/05/12 07:27 PM) Post Extras:       BWAZ Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/21/05 Loc: CA Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: Jon Isaacs]       #5158133 - 04/05/12 07:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Mine was a Nagler 13mm T6 back in 2006. Post Extras:       Scott in NC Mad Hatter Reged: 03/05/05 Loc: NC Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: BWAZ]       #5158146 - 04/05/12 07:22 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   32mm Plossl, bought used about 3 years ago (great EP; still have it!) Post Extras:       Mike Foreman sage Reged: 04/06/07 Loc: Texas Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: Jon Isaacs]       #5158149 - 04/05/12 07:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   At the TSP in 1990 or 91 Al had a special, buy any two Naglers and get a 4.7 for free. So I got a 20t2, a 9t1 and then traded the 4.7 for some Silver top Plossels because I did not think that I needed it for my C8. Keep both of them untill the E's came out. Post Extras:       John K Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/26/05 Loc: Vernon BC Canada Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: Mike Foreman]       #5158158 - 04/05/12 07:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   32MM PL Post Extras:       bassplayer142 professor emeritus Reged: 10/03/11 Loc: Michigan Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: John K]       #5158162 - 04/05/12 07:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   24mm panoptic. It works great in my 16" too. Post Extras:       Jaimo! Pooh-Bah Reged: 10/11/07 Loc: Exit 135 / 40° North Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: John K]       #5158164 - 04/05/12 07:35 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   20mm TV Plössl, picked it up at a NEAF show many years ago... Jaimo! Post Extras:       BRCoz professor emeritus Reged: 10/21/05 Loc: Moreno Valley, CA Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: Jaimo!]       #5158185 - 04/05/12 07:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I bought a 9mm T6 & 16mm T6 nagler together and were my first TV eyepieces. Post Extras:       DaveJ Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/07/05 Loc: NE Ohio Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: mak17]       #5158187 - 04/05/12 07:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   [quote...So what was your first TV eyepiece? 20mm Nagler Type 2. Purchased brand new from Pauli's Discount Optics on May 24, 1995. Most fantastic thing I ever looked through, or at least I thought so at the time. Nothing but Tele Vue eyepieces ever since except for an occasional ortho here and there. Post Extras:       mblack Throw me a bone here Reged: 10/31/05 Loc: Florida Re: What was your 1st TV eyepiece? [Re: DaveJ]       #5158199 - 04/05/12 07:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It was a Plossl, 8mm. 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