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Brooklyn says: "I notice that the eyepieces in the 82 degree FOV group are all under 20mm eye relief."
Well then, consider the OWL 80 degree eyepieces.
The 30mm, which I have, has 28mm of eye relief!
With the barlow element to make it a 20mm it still has
24mm of eye relief. The 15mm has 20mm of eye relief.
And there is no kidney beaning.
They are all well under $100 so are frequently over looked.
Except people like me that cannot afford a Nagler!

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George I am actually thinking very long and hard about what my next eyepiece purchase will be. The Owl eyepiece are extremely tempting to me.

But let me ask you...

http://www.owlastronomy.com/ultrawide.htm

These are:
16 MM Ultra-Wide Angle - 1.25 inch
Design: 6-elements in 4 groups
Field of View: 80°
Eye Relief: 20 mm



Is this for real? Sorry I never even looked at this eyepiece before. I figured 80 degree FOV for only 50 bucks? That must mean its low quality.

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I am a HUGE fan of the 30mm UWA 2" eyepiece; it's my most used eyepiece and it works great in my SCT. However, I also know from direct experience that it won't "work" in a faster focal length dob. Last year, while set up at Mt. Pinos, I let my "neighbor" try it with his Orion dob (10", I think). It was unacceptable. Couldn't get a sharp focus and the stars were all stretched out.

By contrast, the OWL 11mm and 16mm 1 1/4" UWA eyepieces did not shake my tree. Not enough eye relief to use the field of view.

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Zebra24601

Meade 8" SCT w/UHTC * Celestron 100ED * Celestron C11 * Barska 15x70 binoculars
Meade LXD55 mount * Orion Sirius goto mount * Bushnell Voyager 4.5" Compact Reflector

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