New Lunar/Planetary Eyepieces

[Scopeman]

It is quite long, can't help with balance, the ES is about 2/3 that size

 

[Nightspore]

Admittedly It is a bit long compared to short Barlows. It's not too bad with the 19mm Panoptic in the 60mm Altair. Especially as it is basically a medium power (38x). Another factor is that the length helps with placement for viewing. If I'm not too near the tripod there's less chance of accidentally nudging it.

 

 

The 6mm SvBony is light enough to be pretty steady at 120x.

[Scopeman]

How are the SVBONY eps? Their other stuff seem quite good quality

 

[Nightspore]

Pretty decent TBH. I don't know who actually manufacture them. They seem to be a distributor who has rebadged, bespoke, and 'off the shelf equipment' from fairly high-end Chinese factories. They're purportedly based in Hong Kong. They have a store at Amazon.

[Scopeman]

Had a guidescope once, very nicely made

 

[Nightspore]

Some of their refractors look a bit Kunming. This is new however. I doubt it's Synta.

[Scopeman]

Seen the SW for £209 so their prices are catching up with others now

[Nightspore]

I think I paid 250 quid for my 102mm SkyMax, and that was a few years ago.

 

[Scopeman]

Awww a baby, I got my 180 a year ago in January, and the Celestron middle of the year.

[Nightspore]

I can go smaller ...

 

[Scopeman]

So between us we have the full range! Lol

[Nightspore]

Almost ...

Edited November 5, 2022 by Nightspore

[Scopeman]

That's just a fancy microscope 🤣

[Nightspore]

I think you have to turn it around and look through the objective though lol.

[Scopeman]

Like a periscope, lol

[Scopeman]

Just waiting for my new mouse mat to arrive from Amazon

[Nightspore]

1 hour ago, Scopeman said:

Like a periscope, lol

 

I thought periscopes could magnify. There is a rumour that Nagler studied declassified plans of periscopes from U Boats. Apparently they had wide angle, zoom and filtering capabilities. 

[Scopeman]

Interesting

[Nightspore]

He may have been privy to classified documents as well. Apparently he worked on the development of very fast optics for the cameras in military reconnaissance aircraft. Very possibly RF101's used during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

 

 

Although I don't think the Pentagon will let him talk about the details lol.

 

 

[Scopeman]

Amazing how a lot of stuff is interlinked like that.

[Nightspore]

[Scopeman]

🤣🤣

[Scopeman]

My ES 3x focal extender from Amazon was supposed to take 10-12 days, second day since ordering it and it is being delivered today at some point. Happy days.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Scopeman

[Nightspore]

Amazon tell pork pies about delivery times, even if you have Prime.

[Scopeman]

When you place the order do you mean? I think it depends on where the item comes from tbh. It is on the delivery screen now so it is defo coming today.