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Alleline
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Reged: 02/07/06
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Loc: Farmington, New Mexico
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Re: The "budget" strikes again... Orion EP questio
07/31/08 09:26 PM
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My suggestion on budget wide field eyepieces (if you must):
30mm 1rpd or clone (this is a 2" EP)
20mm GSO Superview
9mm Expanse or clone
3x barlow (Superview barlows well - have never tried the 9mm in a barlow)
Set can be had new for roughly $250. The Superview is $45 and is my personal favorite. With a 2x and 3x barlow you would have roughly 50x, 100x and 150xin your Antares for about $150 total.
All these eyepieces are best in class for inexpensive wide fields. If you have the refractor on a mount with tracking, you might enjoy the better contrast of a 32mm or 20mm Televue plossl, which you can probably pick up for $75 used.
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Tom
Meade DS-16 (F4.5), C-8, Synta 120mm F8.3 refractor.
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