Meade eyepiece

[bill howk]

One of my co-workers, who is also an amature astronmaer, gave me this lens today.  Has anyone used these before?  I have the Tele Vue 9mm 62-deg eyepiece and love it but this is an ultra wide angle 82-deg FOV so that's kind of interesting.  Seems like they are kind of an older model but just curious if anyone has used this and what they think.  Lucky me!

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Bill Howk

[Will Kramer]

Hey Bill,

Neat looking eyepiece!  At 8.8 mm, it will give you a high magnification in your 9.25 SCT, for lunar and planetary closeups, with the widest field of view possible!  Looks like it could be a heavy eyepiece, but on your scope that should not be an issue.  The weight could be a factor for balance on a Newtonian, if the mount is not robust enough, but in a scope with a shorter focal length, this eyepiece could bring a nice medium magnification, without needing to use a Barlow!  Good luck with this eyepiece, and maybe we can try it out at Europa one of these Fridays.....

Will

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