Dear all,
Do some of you think that eyepieces with shorter eye relief are better for outreach than those with long eye relief? Especially outreach with kids who have great difficulties with placing their eyes and blackouts.
I made some outreach with kids last year and noticed that few kids could not see any image at all. I was using my Hyperions (long eye relief). A couple of days ago I showed the planets and the Moon to my 6 years old boy. He had difficulties. When looking at the full Moon it was easy for me to see the disc of bright light moving on his eye and tell him if he was close or not, but the whole thing was hard and when showing to a group of kids, it would be very time consuming and tiring for them.
I assume a simpler solution would be to use shorter eye relief eyepieces, in my memory they suffer way less from blackouts and are easier to use. Do you have the same experience?
My telescope is a slow one (f12) and for outreach I use a RA tracking motor.
I would show the Moon and planets mainly, as well as eventually some bright DSOs.
I'm curious to have your feedback on this one!