I compare lower and higher FOV eye pieces to show you why they are worth it and why they make your astronomy much more fun!
Note: The Celestron First Scope telescope you see in the video was a prize I won from Celestron. I’m not really showing it off, but I want to be sure and say that for FTC rules… I bought the lenses myself. Ouch!
[82mm FOV]
Meade 5000 series 82 degree FOV
http://www.meade.com/products/accessories.html?series=51
Celestron Luminos
http://www.celestron.com/browse-shop/astronomy/visual-accessories/eyepieces/series/luminos-eyepieces
[100mm FOV]
Explore Sci.
http://explorescientificusa.com/collections/100-series-eyepiece
[120mm FOV!!!]
Explore Scientific… The Eye of God!
http://explorescientificusa.com/collections/120-series-eyepiece/products/120-9mm?variant=589731757
Price: $1.99
Pilot
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Price: $2.99
Pieces
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Price: $14.99
Pieces of April
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I can never go back to using low field of view eye pieces again… so forever I will have to blow money lol
Tele-View and Pentax make awesome high end eyepieces too. I had a chance to look through a 48″ dobsonian telescope with a Pentax eyepiece. I almost fell off the ladder! M57 looked absolutely amazing! I personally like the higher fov eyepieces from Celestron. Great views without killing your bank account.
i have a meade 50AZ-P with a 9mm 1.25 eyepiece it has a good fov
does it blend?
Nice1
legit!
That was rather enlightening! Thanks for posting this vid 🙂
I have a meade 114 az and was thinking about getting the meade 5000 hd 60 degree eyepieces what’s your suggestion?
first!!!
Once you try Tele Vue you are a doomed man. They are irresistible!
Is there a way to calculet the FOV if the ocular doesn’t say anything else other than the focal lenght? Does it have something to do if the ocular is 1.25 or 2 inches?
I’m a newbie to astronomy and this video explains soooooo much! Thanks!
Thanks, great comparison. I recently started using the free program Stellarium. it has a great simulator for scopes and eyepieces and will show you the FOV (field of view) of parts of the sky (stars, clusters, etc) when using different eyepieces.
At 3:30, the eye guard adjust to set your eye-relief. As I understand it, the larger field of view has something to do with being able to hold your eye further away from the eye piece, so it helps having a guide, particularly with public star parties where lots of people are taking turns looking through the scope.
Great, now I want to buy a telescope lol
But really, this is very informative for someone like me that never used a real telescope. You’re making me want to look up! Thanks for sharing
Nice explanation. This will really help budding astronomers. It was a revelation when i stepped up from decent Plossls to Explore Scientific ES82 eyepieces.