The Stellalyra 45mm Kitakaru RPL is advertised as having a 22mm eye relief. I should not have to remove the eye cup to take in the entire view. There is a no blackout sweet spot, but that sweet spot has to be maintained to prevent blackouts. I may just keep the eye cup on and move my head around a little for the entire view. Still a keeper. I now have all magnifications covered. No longer have to barlow my
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The Stellalyra 45mm Kitakaru RPL is advertised as having a 22mm eye relief. I should not have to remove the eye cup to take in the entire view. There is a no blackout sweet spot, but that sweet spot has to be maintained to prevent blackouts. I may just keep the eye cup on and move my head around a little for the entire view. Still a keeper. I now have all magnifications covered. No longer have to barlow my
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Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2461, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 261
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The best of my low power eyepieces is the Celestron Ultima Edge/APM UFF 30mm. I am happy with all of my low power eyepieces. Doubt if I will replace them. The Starguiders are great eyepieces. I have no issues with any of them. Perhaps Delites can best the Starguiders, but at a greater price. I will bet my Starguiders can put up at least 90 percent of the performance of a Delite, and for less than 20 percent the cost.
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This is the most sensible approach RD. If you are satisfied withRefractordude wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:39 am Just got back in from testing all my eyepieces you see in the cooler/first post. The Long Perng LER 9mm is really a great eyepiece. I do not think a Delite 9mm can best it. It really is that good. I will never replace this eyepiece. Non of the eyepieces show ghosting or internal reflections on the Moon. However, the BST UWA 4mm and 7mm show a little kidney beaning that can be avoided with good eye placement. The BST UWA eyepieces also show glare as I move away from the Moon. The Long Perng eyepieces do not show this glare. The 7mm and 4mm BST UWA are replaceable.
The best of my low power eyepieces is the Celestron Ultima Edge/APM UFF 30mm. I am happy with all of my low power eyepieces. Doubt if I will replace them. The Starguiders are great eyepieces. I have no issues with any of them. Perhaps Delites can best the Starguiders, but at a greater price. I will bet my Starguiders can put up at least 90 percent of the performance of a Delite, and for less than 20 percent the cost.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2461, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 261
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Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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