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From: GMS@psuvm.BITNET
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Subject: Re: Eyepieces
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 23:16:13 EDT
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My personal eyepiece preference is a wide-angle Erfle (28 millimeters)
that (believe it or not) is (or was) manufactured by Edmund Scientific.
     
I use it with a mead 8" F6 reflector and get excellent wide-field views
(almost 1 degree field) of deep-sky objects.  The only object it is not
ideal for is small planetary nebula of under 1 arcminute in diameter.
For clusters, diffuse nebulae and galaxies it is great!  I have reached
13.5 magnitude (under excellent conditions) with certainty (ie no
averted vision).
     
It is also great for variable star work, with a field large enough for
comparison stars and makes 'star-hopping' location techniques good also.
     
Gerry Santoro                  . . . !psuvax1!santoro
Penn State University          . . . !psuvax1!psuvm.bitnet!gms
     
     
"I may not know whats best but I know what I like!"