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[The Cloud Gazer]

Set number 5 (I swear that's the last one)

 

My "secondary location" set in an oklop with padded divider soft case. Quite the mix, result of all the stuff that did not make sense in the other sets.

 

LVW 42mm

Masuyama 85° 26mm

Hyperion 17mm

Morpheus 9mm

Hyperion 6mm (10mm with extenders)

NPL 30mm

Kasai ~2.2x Barlow. (I think same as GSO, advertised as 2.5x)

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Edited by The Cloud Gazer, 31 January 2025 - 11:39 AM.

[25585]

 2025  60-40mm

 

60 Kellner
56 Meade
55 TV
50 Vixen LV
50 TS
50 Siberia
48 Brandon
42 Vixen LVW
40 Meade SWA 5000
40 Meade SWA 4000

40 TV Wide Field
40 Pentax XL
40 Pentax XW
40 Rodenstock
40 Vernonscope
40 TV Plossl
40 Vixen LV

40 Vixen Or.

Edited by 25585, 16 February 2025 - 11:29 AM.

[25585]

2025 39-30mm

 

35 I R Poyser
34 Meade SWA 5000 2"
32 Datysun
32 Celestron Omni
32 Vixen 2"
32 Takahashi 36.4mm
32 Vixen 36.4mm

31 Celestron Axiom LX 2"

30 Meade 5000 UWA 2"

30 Altair UF 2"
30 APM UFF 2"
30 Stellalyra UF 2"
30 Pentax XW 2"
30 Vixen LV 2"
30 Vixen NLVW 2"

Edited by 25585, 16 February 2025 - 12:21 PM.

[scotsman328i]

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Edited by scotsman328i, 16 February 2025 - 11:41 AM.

[Jeff Struve]

Talking with Al Nagler at the Florida Star Party a few years ago, he recommended a factor of .6 between eyepieces... and that has worked great for me...

 

2mm - 4mm Nagler Zoom

4.7mm Ethos

8mm Ethos

13mm Ethos

21mm Ethos

31mm Nagler

 

I also have the Apollo... but keeping that unopened in the box...

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[25585]

2025  29-20mm

 

28 Meade SWA 5000 2"

28 ES Maxvision 2"
28 Sky-Watcher LET
28 Pentax XL
28 Takahashi
28 Edmund RKE
26 ES62
25 Bresser
25 Meade HD-60
25 Carl Zeiss OVNI
25 Vixen LV
23 TAL
24 APM UFF
24 Pentax XL 8-24 zoom
24 Meade SWA 4000
24 TV Wide Field
24 Vixen LV zoom
23 Celestron Axiom LX 2"
22 Vixen LVW

22 Celestron Ultima LX

22 TS Expanse
21 Svbony 7-21 zoom
21 Orion E 7-21 zoom
21 Pentax XL
20 TV Nagler T2  2"
20 Orion LHD LER 2"
20 Vixen LV
20 Pentax XW
20 Taiso circle-T

Edited by 25585, 16 February 2025 - 12:25 PM.

[25585]

2025  19-10mm

 

18.2 TV Delite
18 Vixen LV
18 TAL
17.5 Morpheus
17.5 Nikon NAV SW
17 ES92 2"
17 Nikon NAV HW
17 Vixen LVW
15 TV Delite
15 Vixen LV
14 Pentax XL
14 Morpheus
14 StellaLyra LER
13 Vixen LVW
12.5 Morpheus
12.5 Noblex
12 ES92 2"
12 Vixen LV
10.5 Pentax XL
10 Pentax XW
10 Vixen LV

10 Nikon NAV SW

[25585]

2025  9-2.5mm

 

9 Morpheus
9 StellaLyra LER
9 Vixen LV
8 Vixen LVW
7 Pentax XL
6.5 Morpheus
6 Vixen LV
5.2 Pentax XL
5 Vixen LVW
4.5 Morpheus
4 Vixen LV
3.5 Vixen LVW
2.5 Vixen LV

[25585]

Barlows and extenders

 

1.5x Takahashi

1.5x Masuyama

1.6x Nikon EiC

1.6 Antares 2"

2x AP BARADV 2"

2x GSO 2"

2x Celestron Ultima

2x Takahasi ortho

2.5x Celestron Luminos 2"

3x Explore Scientific

4x TAL

4x TV Powermate 2"

5x Bresser

[Piero DP]

Talking with Al Nagler at the Florida Star Party a few years ago, he recommended a factor of .6 between eyepieces... and that has worked great for me...

2mm - 4mm Nagler Zoom
4.7mm Ethos
8mm Ethos
13mm Ethos
21mm Ethos
31mm Nagler

I also have the Apollo... but keeping that unopened in the box...

Interesting that you brought this up.
I find the spacing in this set of mine just right: 30-17.3-10-6 and that is close to your 0.6 .
I also use the 8mm and VIP Barlow the 10, 8 and 6, but the quadro above is a workhouse.

Edited by Piero DP, 16 February 2025 - 01:02 PM.

[JTEC]

22mm Nagler T4

13mm Ethos

10mm Delos

 

Bino pairs of:

28mm RKEs

18mm Takahashi LE orthos

12.5mm Tak orthos

9mm Tak orthos

6mm Tak orthos

 

Televue X2 2” Powermate

Baader x1.25 and x1.7 GPCs

 

My observing seems to split broadly between mono wide-ish viewing and binoviewing for scrutiny of closer detail.  Most used for the former are 22mm Nag and 13mm Ethos.  Most used of the binoviewing pairs are the 18mm and 9mm Tak orthos. There are always others to hanker after (and I do) but, if I’m honest and objective, the above satisfy all my needs with my TEC140.  If I had to choose one from each ‘set’ it would be the 13mm Ethos and the pair of 9mm orthos. I’ve not worked to any particular formula - just hung onto eyepieces that I’ve liked and moved on the rest. There have been some very good eyepieces that I’ve owned but that didn’t see much use, for example, a 17.5 Morpheus, 5 and 7mm Pentax XWs, a 3.4mm Vixen HR and a 4mm Tak TOE. Apart from the Morpheus, this reflects the fact that I now exclusively binoview for higher powers. There’ve also been a few zooms, including the Svbony 3-8mm but they haven’t lasted long - I’ve yet to find a zoom that I like as much as a quality fixed focal length.

Edited by JTEC, 16 February 2025 - 05:55 PM.

[VA3DSO]

 2025  60-40mm

 

60 Kellner
56 Meade
55 TV
50 Vixen LV
50 TS
50 Siberia
48 Brandon
42 Vixen LVW
40 Meade SWA 5000
40 Meade SWA 4000

40 TV Wide Field
40 Pentax XL
40 Pentax XW
40 Rodenstock
40 Vernonscope
40 TV Plossl
40 Vixen LV

40 Vixen Or.

2025 39-30mm

 

35 I R Poyser
34 Meade SWA 5000 2"
32 Datysun
32 Celestron Omni
32 Vixen 2"
32 Takahashi 36.4mm
32 Vixen 36.4mm

31 Celestron Axiom LX 2"

30 Meade 5000 UWA 2"

30 Altair UF 2"
30 APM UFF 2"
30 Stellalyra UF 2"
30 Pentax XW 2"
30 Vixen LV 2"
30 Vixen NLVW 2"

2025  29-20mm

 

28 Meade SWA 5000 2"

28 ES Maxvision 2"
28 Sky-Watcher LET
28 Pentax XL
28 Takahashi
28 Edmund RKE
26 ES62
25 Bresser
25 Meade HD-60
25 Carl Zeiss OVNI
25 Vixen LV
23 TAL
24 APM UFF
24 Pentax XL 8-24 zoom
24 Meade SWA 4000
24 TV Wide Field
24 Vixen LV zoom
23 Celestron Axiom LX 2"
22 Vixen LVW

22 Celestron Ultima LX

22 TS Expanse
21 Svbony 7-21 zoom
21 Orion E 7-21 zoom
21 Pentax XL
20 TV Nagler T2  2"
20 Orion LHD LER 2"
20 Vixen LV
20 Pentax XW
20 Taiso circle-T

2025  19-10mm

 

18.2 TV Delite
18 Vixen LV
18 TAL
17.5 Morpheus
17.5 Nikon NAV SW
17 ES92 2"
17 Nikon NAV HW
17 Vixen LVW
15 TV Delite
15 Vixen LV
14 Pentax XL
14 Morpheus
14 StellaLyra LER
13 Vixen LVW
12.5 Morpheus
12.5 Noblex
12 ES92 2"
12 Vixen LV
10.5 Pentax XL
10 Pentax XW
10 Vixen LV

10 Nikon NAV SW

2025  9-2.5mm

 

9 Morpheus
9 StellaLyra LER
9 Vixen LV
8 Vixen LVW
7 Pentax XL
6.5 Morpheus
6 Vixen LV
5.2 Pentax XL
5 Vixen LVW
4.5 Morpheus
4 Vixen LV
3.5 Vixen LVW
2.5 Vixen LV

Barlows and extenders

 

1.5x Takahashi

1.5x Masuyama

1.6x Nikon EiC

1.6 Antares 2"

2x AP BARADV 2"

2x GSO 2"

2x Celestron Ultima

2x Takahasi ortho

2.5x Celestron Luminos 2"

3x Explore Scientific

4x TAL

4x TV Powermate 2"

5x Bresser

What? No pictures??!

[25585]

What? No pictures??!

Sorry. CN image size limitation etc = too much hassle. Otherwise I would.

[VA3DSO]

Sorry. CN image size limitation etc = too much hassle. Otherwise I would.

I've seen that comment before, but I don't get it.

 

I've never had an issue uploading big images to CN and using them in posts...

 

If you can't take a picture that is less than 50MB (the max files size) then that is peculiar.

 

Here's an image I just uploaded that is 3840x2160 and it was only 129.1KB.

 

 

And I uploaded it in less than 2 minutes.

[25585]

2025 39-30mm

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35 Baader Eudiascopic

35 Celestron Ultima

35 I R Poyser
34 Meade SWA 5000 2"
32 Datysun
32 Celestron Omni
32 Vixen 2"
32 Takahashi 36.4mm
32 Vixen 36.4mm

31 Celestron Axiom LX 2"

30 Meade 5000 UWA 2"

30 Altair UF 2"
30 APM UFF 2"
30 Stellalyra UF 2"
30 Pentax XW 2"
30 Vixen LV 2"
30 Vixen NLVW 2"

Found a couple more, edited in, the top two.

Edited by 25585, 17 February 2025 - 04:08 PM.

[vrodriguez2324]

I think most users, myself included, will try and attach an image directly to the response. If it's too big I will open with paint on MS windows and resize to about 20% then attach. 

 

Someone has also suggested to upload the picture from Google Photos after it's uploaded to the cloud, which auto reduces the size unless you specify otherwise. 

 

I never knew you could upload to your gallery 50MB limit with unlimited uploads! That is generous, thanks CN! 

 

I took the time to figure it out. It was several clicks away. It'd be cool if every picture you attached would be automatically uploaded to your gallery. 

 

I've seen that comment before, but I don't get it.

 

I've never had an issue uploading big images to CN and using them in posts...

 

If you can't take a picture that is less than 50MB (the max files size) then that is peculiar.

 

Here's an image I just uploaded that is 3840x2160 and it was only 129.1KB.

 

 

 

And I uploaded it in less than 2 minutes.

 

[northernmike]

My modest case.

I started upgrading just last october. I'm awaiting

for a 2X focal extender from ES next week and  my next purchase is a 8.8 mm 82° , again from ES

 

[Albie]

All of my eyepieces have been changed over the last few months . They have all been changed to more eyeglass friendly eyepieces . I also put new foam in my eyepiece case , the old foam went through a few changes over the years and needed replacing .

The ep's are Pentax XW 5,7,10,14 and 30mm . Celestron Ultima Edge 24mm (same as APM UFF ) . Meade 5000 2X Telextender .

The 24mm UFF was intended for my 6" Starblast and it's 1.25" focuser  to be used as a sweeper .

[Kefka1138]

I've seen that comment before, but I don't get it.

 

I've never had an issue uploading big images to CN and using them in posts...

 

If you can't take a picture that is less than 50MB (the max files size) then that is peculiar.

 

Here's an image I just uploaded that is 3840x2160 and it was only 129.1KB.

 

 

 

And I uploaded it in less than 2 minutes.

I struggled for a minute too, but found this to be the best method: 

 

https://www.cloudyni...h-posting-pics/

[HellsKitchen]

Sorry. CN image size limitation etc = too much hassle. Otherwise I would.

 

Just use a program like Irfanview to reduce the image dimensions to a reasonable size, and save as a jpeg at ~90% quality. Easy. 

 

We need to see a family portrait of that collection, mate! 

[spatzek]

After we had sold our summerhouse and my observatory with my C14, I had downsized my equipment to smaller APOs and 1,25”. 
The Sun with my SolarSpectrum and Quantum filters:

Baader TZ3 and TZ4

40mm TV Plossl

32mm TV Plossl

25mm TV Plossl

20mm TV Plossl

 

Nighttime:

24mm TV Panoptic
19mm TV Wide Field

16mm TV Nagler type 5

10mm TV Delos

10mm Clavé Plossl

8mm Clavé Plossl

7mm TV Nagler Type 6

3-6mm TV Nagler zoom

I need something in the 13mm range

[25585]

 2025  80-40mm

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80 Plossl 

60 Kellner
56 Meade
55 TV
50 Vixen LV
50 TS
50 Siberia
48 Brandon
42 Vixen LVW
40 Meade SWA 5000
40 Meade SWA 4000

40 TV Wide Field
40 Pentax XL
40 Pentax XW
40 Rodenstock
40 Vernonscope
40 TV Plossl
40 Vixen LV

40 Vixen Or.

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Edited by 25585, 24 February 2025 - 04:38 PM.

[Kefka1138]

Well that escalated quickly... 

 

 

Decided to set the Radians aside for now to free up some room for the Ethos. The two open ports above the 2x Zeiss W at the bottom belong to TV 11P (x2) - experimenting with binoviewing. 

 

Feel like this should cover me for now. 

[Agnes]

Just bought a Morpheus 12.5 mm. I also sold a few eyepieces. Current collection:

Vixen NPL 30 and SLV 25 (solar eyepieces)
Explore Scientific 20/68
Baader Morpheus 12.5/76
Explore Scientific 6.7/82
Svbony 3-8 Zoom

If I like the Morpheus, I might replace the ES ones with the Morpheus 6.5 and 17.5.

[mondo1948]

Just bought a Morpheus 12.5 mm. I also sold a few eyepieces. Current collection:

Vixen NPL 30 and SLV 25 (solar eyepieces)
Explore Scientific 20/68
Baader Morpheus 12.5/76
Explore Scientific 6.7/82
Svbony 3-8 Zoom

If I like the Morpheus, I might replace the ES ones with the Morpheus 6.5 and 17.5.

You will love the Morpheus 12.5 and definitely will like the other two you mentioned.

 

Clear Skies,

Mondo