eye/barlow pieces

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eye pieces

 

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meade's series 4000 super plossl eyepieces are good quality and i find them more then acceptable for my observing needs.  there are higher quality eyepieces available from meade and other manufactures if you have a larger budget.  be careful, if you are planning on buying some high end eyepieces i recommend you attend a star party and try out a few before buying. 

manufacture by = meade

cost = @ $ 49 to $ 79 us dollars

vendor/supplier = www.telescopes.com  ( below is the description available at the time of my purchase 2/2005 which outlines the product)

product description:

atik .5x focal reducer in 1.25" filter format
 

perfect for webcams and ccd cameras, this reducer screws into your ccd
camera nosepiece or any barrel or adapter that accepts 1.25" filters.

reduction varies from .4x to .66x depending on placement in the system.
designed for ccd cameras used with sct and mct telescopes, this reducer
may have focus range concerns with some newtonians. fully coated optics,
aluminum ring.
 

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nice product and a rare item.  it really expands the field of view on both my dsi and lpi imagers. 

manufacture by = atik

cost = @ $ 49  us dollars

vendor/supplier = www.scopestuff.com.

product description:

meade series 4000 super plossl eyepieces

meade series 4000 eyepieces are the world standard in telescope oculars. they yield the widest-possible fields of view consistent with pinpoint edge-of-field sharpness and long eye relief. and they achieve this with extremely low astigmatism, spherical aberration, and off-axis color. incorporating 7-layer multi-coatings and edge-blackened optics for optimum image contrast, meade’s sophisticated four- to eight-element, 4000-series eyepieces permit levels of optical performance generally impossible to achieve with eyepieces having fewer elements.

 

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meade's barlow lens are good quality and i find them more then acceptable for my observing needs.  the 2x and 3x i own get a lot of use.  like the product and find that having a barlow lens in your eyepiece collection is a must.

manufacture by = meade

cost = @ $ 49  us dollars

vendor/supplier = www.telescopes.com  ( below is the description available at the time of my purchase 2/2005 which outlines the product)

product description:

the meade #140 2x apochromatic barlow lens is the most sophisticated barlow yet developed for commercial telescopes!

its "heart" is a three-element, air-spaced, multi-coated lens that's unmatched in image resolution, contrast, and color correction. it also features mechanical components of machined aluminum and brass.

the #140 2x barlow lens optically complements series 4000 eyepieces, but it enhances performance of other eyepieces as well. there simply is no finer barlow lens available!
 

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meade's barlow lens are good quality and i find them more then acceptable for my observing needs.  the 2x and 3x i own get a lot of use.  like the product and find that having a barlow lens in your eyepiece collection is a must.

manufacture by = meade

cost = @ $ 40  us dollars

vendor/supplier = www.telescopes.com  ( below is the description available at the time of my purchase 2/2005 which outlines the product)

product description:

it may not look all that impressive, but the meade #128, 3x barlow lens (1.25") can make a big difference in the performance of meade's popular etx-70 at telescope. the #128, short-focus barlow lens triples the magnifying power of any eyepiece it's used with. that gives the standard 14x, 25mm eyepiece 42x magnification and the 5mmm, 70x eyepiece 210x magnification. featuring multi-coated optics, the meade #128, 3x barlow lens is an easy, inexpensive way to double your eyepiece collection.

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note:  4/7/2005 -  if you do decide on upgrading your eyepieces, here are a few words from my supplier that may help you in deciding.  after reading their comments, you will see why i choose telescopes.com for my supplier.  they know there stuff, and they learned it by experience, not by watching some manufacture's training video. 

this is the reply i received back after sending telescopes.com an email to tell them i really liked the new televue 5x i purchased. 

"that's great.  i too, have used that powermate and was blown away.
last night we had some of the most amazing views.  m41 was simply stunning.

we did an "eyepiece test" last night.  we must have brought out about 6000$
in eyepieces.  i have never been more convinced that the eyepiece quality
can do so much.  the televue naglers took the cake as the favorite, with a
close 2nd to the pentax eyepieces."


 note: this reply does not suggest that any manufacture is better then another, it is in response to a personal correspondence and relates to products field tested on one evening for the seeing conditions and objects viewed for that night.

credit=description from telescopes.com pages 3-2005

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