Pat_Dunne wrote: Hi lunartic I think you might check your maths as I have them working out at the same price for a Luminos 7mm which your link refers to and also using your shipping price.
The orignal poster said he was new to astronomy and looking to extend his eyepiece collection. Now that Luminos would be a nice addition but not the most economic addition.
Most shops will have eyepiece sets in the €100-€200 range. Price depends on the number of eyepieces, what focal lengths, what filters are included, how nice the case is etc. Most of the eyepieces will be a standard plossl design so there won't be much of a quality/performance difference between manufacturers.
That's what I'd advise looking at first anyway. The Irish dealers mentioned here both do sets from various manufacturers.
