What's Your favorite Eyepiece?

[John Baars]

Over the years I had lots of eyepieces. They came and went. From Huygens to Nagler. Much depends on the telescope I use.

The most used ones on the most used telescopes ( 120mm Evostar and 150mm Skytraveller)
- 24 mm Panoptic
- 30 mm Eudiascopic
- 18-9 mm Leica ASPH zoom
- 6 mm Fujiyama orthoscopic
- 5 mm Pentax XO5
- 2,5 mm Pentax XO2,5
- Essential addition 2X Zeiss barlow
If I was to choose the most versatile one, I'd say the Leica.
And my favorite is: ..................don't know................they are all good.

[Baurice]

I would say my DSLR is my fave but that's cheating!

The one I use most is my Skywatcher 32mm Plossl. I don't use eyepieces much, as I'm more into photography and use my binoculars for browsing more than a telescope. I can see quite a lot of detail in my camera viewfinder, such as cloud belts on Jupiter and Saturn's rings.

I sometimes use my Bresser electronic eyepiece for planetary and lunar photography.

[stewe]

My favorite is currently the APM UFF 24mm eyepiece, quite new in my flock. It has such outstanding viewing comfort paired with highly corrected field and high contrast that I have not seen in any other eyepiece with large AFOV ever. Using it feels like looking through a spacecraft's window. I read that some people replaced their highly regarded TeleVue Panoptics with these. Fo the price of a TeleVue Plossl, it was a freakin steal!

[StarBru]

I've gotta say my 14mm UWA Meade Series 4000 84 degree eyepieces. I have the older smoothie version and the later version with the eyecup! I wanted to compare the two and I thought I would keep one and sell the other, but I like both versions as the FOV is slightly different for each! Each time I take out one of my telescopes, I can't wait to slip either one of these in my focuser! However, I have to admit that out of the two, the smoothie is my favorite!

[Don Alvarez]

My favorite has got to be the vintage Meade 4k 26mm "plossl" -- the smoothie with 5 elements. I still hope to collect more of this series

[kt4hx]

Like others I believe the idea of a "favorite" is too broad a concept because of the number of variables associated with the scope in use, object type being observed and localized conditions. But since I predominantly focus on galaxies using my 17.5 inch f/4.5 dob at the dark site I will say that my most frequently used set for that specific purpose is listed below. Each has a function and is an integral part of the whole.

ES 82° 18mm (110x, 0.7° TFOV, 4.0mm exit pupil) - my locating eyepiece of choice

TV Ethos 100° 13mm (152x, 0.7° TFOV, 2.9mm exit pupil) - my latest acquisition and what I consider my galaxy cluster buster :smile:

Pentax XW 70° 10mm (198x, 0.4° TFOV, 2.2mm exit pupil) - to dig for details

Pentax XW 70° 7mm (283x, 0.2° TFOV, 1.6mm exit pupil) - for confirming details and digging even deeper

If needed and conditions permit I also have the XW 5mm (397x, 0.2° TFOV, 1.1mm exit pupil) plus a barlow (1.5x or 2x mode).