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15 years 5 months ago #78907 by Thargor
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My 6mm Knight Owl, probably about a tenth of the price of anything mentioned here but it really is a great EP:



www.owlastronomy.com/exwide.htm

In my 102 SLT its perfect, I saw Jupiter and its moons really sharp and bright with banding and some hints of colour for the first time since I got this scope the other night and in my Celestron 2X Omni Barlow it pushes the magnification to max with barely any loss of quality although Ive only tried that on the moon, its the only EP I use to be honest apart from the 25mm for aligning the GOTO at the start. Seeing has been brutal so I haven't tried any DSO's with it yet since I got my new scope though.

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15 years 5 months ago #78909 by Jononeill
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For me it would have to be my 13 Hyperion a great all rounder and at a great price

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15 years 5 months ago - 15 years 5 months ago #78962 by dave_lillis
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yea, I hear alot of good things about Hyperions, one of the guys in the club here has 2 and they're excellent.
An interesting point to make is that your most expensive eyepiece might not be your favourite eyepiece. They might be engineering works of art but they tend to be specialist eyepieces in that they're often very low/high magnification, my most expensive eyepiece is my lowest magnification eyepiece also but it is not my favourite nor most used eyepiece.

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15 years 4 months ago #79040 by TrevorDurity
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Definitely my Hyperion 8-24mm zoom. Have tried a few zoom eps but this one is sharp and comfortable. Baader really make great EPs. Their ixed focal length Hyps are brilliant - though the 21mm isn't quite as good as the others (quite a bit less FOV which they don't advertise and less contrast due to lighter sky background)

For the PST my favourite is a plain old Skywatcher 10mm plossl.

I'm sure the Ethos range is good also but it costs the same as a scope!!!

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15 years 4 months ago #79041 by TrevorDurity
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I second the 13mm Hyperion - my favourite fixed focal out of the ones I have owned.

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15 years 4 months ago #79047 by EPK
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27mm Panoptic for me too...just.
The 35mm Panoptic is giving it a run for its money and might take the lead soon.
Let's see how they fare with the Big Barlow when I'm in Greece

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Tal 4" Refractor
Panoptic and Nagler eyepieces.
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