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[JoeBlow]

My vintage Meade smoothie plossl set.

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[Piero DP]

I'm consolidating my eyepieces into 3 sets:
- All XWAs for DSO observing. This is mostly used with my dobsons
- 30mm APM UFF, 17.3-10-8-6mm Delos +/- Baader VIP Barlow for general and planetary observing with my 4" refractor. I also use this set for planetary observing with my Dobsons (without VIP)
- 24 Pan, N9T6, Nagler Zoom 6-3mm with my TV-60 only.

[Highburymark]

Once I’ve sold a pile of eyepieces (inc a pair of Morpheus 12.5s, some microscope EPs and seven Kasai orthos), I’ll have two main sets:

My ‘HD’ set:
Zeiss aspherics 25mm x2, Leica HC Plan S 25mm x2, Tak orthos 18mm x2, Tak TPLs 12.5mm x2, Pentax XO 5mm, Tak TOEs 4mm x2, 3.3mm, 2.5mm, Vixen HR 2.4mm.

Wides:
Panoptic 27mm, Panoptic 24mm x2, Nagler 22mm, Delite 18.2mm x2, Nagler 13mm x2, Delite 11mm x2, Ethos 6mm, XW 5mm.

Add to those, I have some TV plossl pairs and a couple of zooms.

The slightly unconventional focal lengths among widefields is because specific eyepieces are used for night vision, binoviewing and various solar scopes. There’s nothing I want to buy - I have everything I need.

[Epick Crom]

Once I’ve sold a pile of eyepieces (inc a pair of Morpheus 12.5s, some microscope EPs and seven Kasai orthos), I’ll have two main sets:

My ‘HD’ set:
Zeiss aspherics 25mm x2, Leica HC Plan S 25mm x2, Tak orthos 18mm x2, Tak TPLs 12.5mm x2, Pentax XO 5mm, Tak TOEs 4mm x2, 3.3mm, 2.5mm, Vixen HR 2.4mm.

Wides:
Panoptic 27mm, Panoptic 24mm x2, Nagler 22mm, Delite 18.2mm x2, Nagler 13mm x2, Delite 11mm x2, Ethos 6mm, XW 5mm.

Add to those, I have some TV plossl pairs and a couple of zooms.

The slightly unconventional focal lengths among widefields is because specific eyepieces are used for night vision, binoviewing and various solar scopes. There’s nothing I want to buy - I have everything I need.

Good job and lucky you! I'm still several years away from getting everything I want for astronomy..

[wrvond]

 

I've got a couple Baader Type IV zooms in my binoviewer and some odds and ends in dark corners, but these are my "forever" eyepieces.

[PKDfan]

 

A few of mine with some old photos.

 

 

40XW-new
31.5Speers waler series2
30XW
20T2 Nagler

17.3 Delos-new
16.5XW
12T2 Nagler
11 TV Plössl
9Morpheus
8 TV Plössl-new
6.5 Morpheus
5 UWA Planetary2
4.5 Morpheus
4 TOE
Mark IV Baader zoom

 

2X ED Barlow & 5X PowerMate 2" 45°erect prism BBHS & TV Everbrite diags. 2' OIII & Nebustar2 LP filters.

 

 

Need a 16mm & 6mm Brandon maybe 20mm also to optimize FSC use but will start with the 16mm. I'm short at 10mm and 7mm so i'm thinking orthoscopics.

 

Masuyamas also look interesting so maybe a Masu and ortho there.

 

14mm slot is open for a T7 as is 5.5mm.

 

Huygens of very high quality or R.K.E.'s and microscope eyepieces still to be considered for use with 5X PM in my short apo.

 

So i guess i'm not done yet but should probably have enough to start with.

 

 

 

CSS
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[Rick-T137]

I've got a couple Baader Type IV zooms in my binoviewer and some odds and ends in dark corners, but these are my "forever" eyepieces.

I like set. I like it a lot!

[CMS1288]

My minimalist setup: Leica ASPH Zoom and 20x (22mm) WW.

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[jakecru]

My current set as of today, and about my 3rd different round of pluck foam from changing my lineup... I should really try to stick with a lineup, but these each have a place amongst my scopes. 

Recently aquired the two DeLites and absolutely love these. I am also very interested in the T7 Naglers and may decide to swap the 22 Nagler for a 19 Nagler when they are released to try one out, or perhaps swap it for a 13 or 10 Ethos. Pretty soon i'll need two cases.. 

 

From Top Left to Bottom Right: 

 

5, 7, 10 XW, 14 Delos, 15 & 18.2 DeLite

 

6 Ethos, 22 Nagler T4, 21 Ethos, 31 Nagler, 41 Panoptic 

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Edited by jakecru, 09 March 2025 - 08:22 PM.

[Toshi1300]

Mainly for 12 inch Dobsonian.

 

TeleVue Ethos21mm

              Ethos13mm

Nikon NAV-17HW

          NAV-12.5HW(with Eic-H10)

 

Mainly for refracters

 

Baader Morpheus17.5mm

             Morpheus12.5mm

             Morpheus9mm

             Morpheus6.5mm

             Morpheus4.5mm

 

Mainly for Moon and Planetary

 

Pentax XO5mm

            XO2.5mm

Takahashi TPL6mm

                 TOE4mm

                 TOE3.3mm

 

Mainly for multiple star

           

Televue Ethos6mm

              Delite4mm

 

 

          
             

[25585]

2025 39-30mm
______________________
35 Baader Eudiascopic
35 Celestron Ultima
35 I R Poyser
34 Meade SWA 5000 2"

32 Meade SWA 4000 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 Meade 5000 UHD 2"
30 Pentax XW 2"
30 Vixen LV 2"
30 Vixen NLVW 2"

 

Updated

Edited by 25585, 15 March 2025 - 05:35 AM.

[25585]

Quietly, through the years, the number of Meade eyepieces has grown in my hoard/collection.

 

25 HD-60

24 SWA 4000

32 SWA 4000

40 SWA 4000

28 SWA 5000

34 SWA 5000

40 SWA 5000

30 UHD 5000

30 UWA 5000

56 Super Plossl 4000 (5 element).

 

Celestrons are more a mixed bunch;

 

23 Axiom LX

31 Axiom LX

32 Erfle (36.4mm)

25mm Xcel (probably)

35 Ultima

 

 

ES, less;

 

28 Maxvision SWA type

12 92

17 92

26 62

Edited by 25585, 15 March 2025 - 05:41 AM.

[25585]

Tele Vue;

 

18 Delite

15 Delite

40 Plossl

55 Plossl

20 Nagler T2

24 Wide Field

40 Wide Field

 

4x Powermate

Paracorr 2

[25585]

Takahashi;

 

28 Erfle

32 Erfle (36.4mm)

 

Pentax;

 

XL - 5.2, 10.5, 14, 21, 28, 40, 8-24 zoom

XW - 10, 20, 30, 40

 

Vixen;

 

LV - 2.5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 8-24 zoom

LVW- 3.5, 5, 8, 13, 22, 30, 42

 

32 Erfle (36.4mm)

32 Erfle (2")

[25585]

 2025  60-40mm

 

60 Kellner
56 Meade
55 TV
50 Vixen LV
50 TS
50 Siberia

50 Orion Optiluxe
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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[jokrausdu]

I recounted in my head, and I realized I have 17 eyepieces. Only one focal length is duplicated, but I will keep the extra for outreach. They each serve a purpose (for now), and some work better in my 8 inch dob for balance. For example, the 12 Delos and 13mm NT6 are close, but the 12 Delos is so comfortable to use in the refractor, and the 13mm balances better in the dob, so I will keep both for now.

 

5mm Nagler T6

6mm Delos

7mm NT6

7mm Pentax XW (outreach)

8mm Delos

9mm NT9

 

12mm Delos

13mm NT6

16mm UO Koenig (outreach)

17.3mm Delos

22mm Panoptic

26mm Questar Koenig (40-80x for outreach)

30mm? Binocular EP (outreach)

35mm Panoptic

42mm HighPoint WideView 

55mm UO Plossl

60-70mm? Plossl? (old military eyepiece that gives the absolute widest possible view in the F/11 refractor.)

 

2 Barlows. 1.8x AP, and a 1.5x screw-in. 

Edited by jokrausdu, 15 March 2025 - 10:32 AM.

[Kefka1138]

Mono:

• Radian (5/8/10/14)
• Pan (19/24)
• Ethos (6/10/17/21)
• Ultima Series (5/12.5/30)
• RKE 28
• Intes Super Erfle (21)

Bino:

• TV Plossl (11)
• Zeiss OPMI (10x/22B T*,12.5x)
• Zeiss W (10x/25)

Edited by Kefka1138, 18 March 2025 - 10:37 AM.

[Procyon]

Mono (Grim looking huh? Need more green or some other color in there).

 

40mm WO SWAN

31.5mm Antares 90

25mm ES 25 100

20mm TS Optics XWA 100

17/14mm Nikon HW 102

12mm ES 92 

10mm Pentax XW

9mm WO XWA 101

8mm TV Delos

7mm Pentax XW

5mm WO XWA 110

 

Bino

 

25mm Zeiss W-PL 10x/23

 

Edited by Procyon, 18 March 2025 - 11:48 AM.

[SELDON]

Hello,
Does anyone have any information on Stellarion eyepieces? There's almost no record of the company that manufactured them.

 

Sincerely

[CrossoverManiac]

Hello,
Does anyone have any information on Stellarion eyepieces? There's almost no record of the company that manufactured them.

 

Sincerely

 

According to this French astronomy message board and Google translation, Stellarion is made in Japan.

[dryfly]

Pretty easy, its in my signature.  a full set of Morpheus, a full set of Brandons, the two ES 92 degree eyepieces, and two Astronomics eyepieces which aren't part of the official collection.

Mike

[25585]

2025 39-30mm
______________________
35 Baader Eudiascopic
35 Celestron Ultima
35 I R Poyser
34 Meade SWA 5000 2"

32 Meade SWA 4000 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 Celestron Ultima Edge 2"
30 APM UFF 2"
30 Stellalyra UF 2"

30 Meade 5000 UHD 2"
30 Pentax XW 2"
30 Vixen LV 2"
30 Vixen NLVW 2"

 

Updated.

[Agnes]

My semi-retirement gift from my employer was a Morpheus 17.5, so now my collection looks like:

Vixen NPL 30 and SLV 25 (solar eyepieces)
Baader Morpheus 17.5/76
Baader Morpheus 12.5/76
Svbony 3-8 Zoom

Will be up for sale in due course:

Explore Scientific 20/68
Explore Scientific 6.7/82

On the wish list:

Baader Morpheus 6.5/76
UFF 24/65

[Roger Belveal]

I have nothing special or too expensive and I'm totally fine with that... with 3 cases and nearly 50 eyepieces, I might need to start thinning the herd...

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[snakehelah]

Baader Zoom mark IV + barlow 
Tecnosky 28mm 82° 2"
ES 14mm 100° 2"

ES 11mm 82° 1.25"
 

These are the first eyepieces I got for my 8" Dobsonian apart from the default 25mm 10mm and 6.3mm plossls that came with it.

Edited by snakehelah, 02 April 2025 - 11:41 AM.