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From: tae@rayssd.UUCP (Thomas A. Edler)
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Subject: Re: Re: Eyepieces
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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.
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> 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).
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> 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
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> "I may not know whats best but I know what I like!"
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