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Ben Ritchie
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Reged: 01/31/05
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Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...
07/31/08 02:48 AM

Thank you guys, that's made up my mind nicely. The thing that really resonated was the comment that

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produces an amazing unbounded "floating in space" sensation such as only the 31T5 among 82-degree eyepieces comes anywhere close to also giving

my most memorable observing moment has to be looking at M81/M82 through the AP 130 + 31mm T5 under clear, dark sky - the sensation of the eyepiece 'vanishing' was remarkable. I've never quite got that with any other Nagler, although the 17T4 is probably closest - the 20T5 is a great eyepiece, but doesn't have the same effect. So if the Ethos does that too then i'm in.

One more thought. Given that i'm likely to buy both eventually, which should I buy now. The 13mm would be the most obvious choice, and with the BARCON i'd get 20mm, 13mm, '7.7mm' (E+BARCON), 5mm XW which is a good set for the AP130 under my sky, >200x is rare and i'm suffering at the moment with the current gap between the '11.8mm' (20T5+BARCON) and 5mm XW. On the other hand I also have a reasonable 2x 1.25" barlow, so the 8mm Ethos would give me 20mm, '11.8mm', 8mm, 5mm and '4mm', which would give me a useful higher power option. Plus the 8mm Ethos might be more useful with the 80ED I use for travelling.

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have you looked through an Ethos?

No. There isn't one locally to test drive, so i'm buying on reputation.

Over the last couple of years I've spent a lot of time (and remarkably little money, all things considered) testing pretty much everything TeleVue sells (plus all the short-FL XWs, Hyperions, assorted Meades etc.) via the tried and tested buy it used, try it, sell it route so I now have a good idea what I like in an eyepiece and what works for me. That means that I can have reasonable confidence in extrapolating from what I have used (Naglers) to what I haven't (Ethos), but ultimately my first experience of the Ethos will be when I buy one...

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Astro-Physics 130EDT StarFire, 80ED (x2), 305mm f/5 dob, VLT
Astro-Physics 1200GTO, evolved HEQ5/pro
Coronado SM60/BF10, 3-6 Nagler zoom, 8 & 13 Ethos, 28UWAN

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	07/30/08 01:50 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Joe Ogiba	08/01/08 09:17 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Scott Milligan	08/18/08 05:47 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	hoof	08/01/08 10:50 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Joe Ogiba	08/02/08 10:43 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	helpwanted	08/02/08 12:32 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	DeepSpaceTour	08/02/08 02:00 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	DeepSpaceTour	07/30/08 03:10 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Rick Woods	07/30/08 03:58 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	hoof	07/30/08 04:35 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Mike Harvey	07/31/08 02:31 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Tom Trusock	07/30/08 05:16 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	DeepSpaceTour	07/31/08 01:59 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	07/31/08 02:48 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Astro1956	08/08/08 12:06 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	FirstSight	08/08/08 12:32 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Lamb0	08/08/08 02:30 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	08/08/08 02:46 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Lamb0	08/08/08 02:57 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Joe Ogiba	08/08/08 10:28 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	csa/montana	08/08/08 10:52 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	DeepSpaceTour	07/31/08 03:03 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	07/31/08 03:09 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/01/08 11:37 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	sabir	08/01/08 11:51 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/01/08 12:47 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Bowmoreman	08/01/08 03:33 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	sabir	08/01/08 01:18 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/01/08 01:40 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	08/01/08 02:07 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/01/08 02:29 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	08/01/08 02:56 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/01/08 03:01 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	ausastronomer	08/04/08 11:28 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/05/08 10:51 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	08/06/08 05:11 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	08/06/08 05:14 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Spyke	08/06/08 05:32 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	John Fitzgerald	08/06/08 07:27 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Stephen S	08/07/08 04:18 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	08/07/08 08:41 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	08/01/08 07:43 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/02/08 08:56 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	08/02/08 10:42 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	nkoiza	08/02/08 12:20 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	FirstSight	08/01/08 01:01 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	hoof	07/30/08 08:22 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	John Huntley	07/30/08 09:19 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	CESDewar	07/30/08 10:09 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	helpwanted	07/30/08 11:22 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Bob Griffiths	08/02/08 02:14 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Joe Ogiba	08/02/08 03:14 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Ben Ritchie	08/03/08 02:11 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Edwin Quiroga	08/03/08 01:21 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Keith Howlett	08/03/08 01:11 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	07/31/08 12:19 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	auriga	08/08/08 11:53 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	08/09/08 01:41 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	new2view	08/09/08 11:42 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	08/18/08 08:24 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Lamb0	08/18/08 08:34 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Jeff Morgan	07/31/08 03:46 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	helpwanted	07/31/08 10:11 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Jeff Morgan	08/01/08 07:10 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	helpwanted	08/01/08 09:10 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	FirstSight	08/01/08 09:45 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	sabir	08/01/08 11:00 AM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Starman1	08/01/08 12:02 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Nick Lloyd	07/30/08 06:04 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	bcuddihee	07/30/08 07:19 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Doug Murphy	07/30/08 07:55 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Jeff Morgan	07/30/08 03:57 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	FirstSight	07/30/08 02:35 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Photoner	07/30/08 02:59 PM
Re: To Ethos, or not to Ethos...	Mike K	07/30/08 02:34 PM

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