The best explanation of eyepieces i found as a beginner is in "The Backyard Astronomer's Guide" by Dickinson. TBAG is a book every beginner should have or borrow from library. I bought Teleview plossel in 32mm and 25mm as well as Teleview Delite in the 15mm and 9mm. The Delite eyepieces are very nice with 62deg FOV and generous eye relief for those of us who wear glasses. I cringed at the cost but now will stick with TV eyepieces. Now wanting 7mm and 5mm Delite eyepieces.

Hey Vlad. I have a question. Disregarding price, is there a point where a 2 inch eyepiece doesn’t provide a meaningful performance advantage over a 1.25 inch eyepiece? This video has been really helpful to me. You did a great job breaking down fov vs eye relief etc, and explaining the advantages vs disadvantages. I have 5 scopes now, 3 with 2 inch diagonals and 2 with 1.25 inch. Overall I like the 2 inch a lot better, but still enjoy the convenience of my small scopes, so I guess what I’m asking is, are there some focal lengths, magnification, or fov ranges where a 1.25 eyepiece can pull double duty without giving up much performance?

I recently bought an Orion XT-8 Plus. While I was waiting the two months for it to arrive I also bought a right-angle finder and a Baader Hyperion zoom (& a Baader Neodymium filter) and I have not been disappointed in any way whatsoever. I would like to get the Explore Scientific 28mm to replace the 28mm Orion Deep View next...

One thing to keep in mind when building a collection is to not overlap the true field of view. For example, the TV 32plossel has the same true field of view as the 24mm panoptic. If you had both then the 32plossel is useless because the panoptic would show you the same amount of sky at a higher magnification.

No Naglers at this point.

Spend lots of money …then spend more.

WOW! That is an eyepiece collection! Hope one day mine looks like yours! Thanks for the great videos, new subscriber here!

The 14mm es100 holds up well against the 13 ethos on edge performance, but the 21 ethos beasts the 20mm es100 easily. Sometimes there is a cherry in the line. The later Meade 5000 5.5uwa is the same. When I got one I used it with my 7mm nagler5 in my rv101 and it was just like increasing the power , they performed identically. Though I hear the 5mm nagler5 is one of the best in the set, so maybe at that focal length the nagler would be better. But for $99 at the time I was blown away by the meade.

Man, I thought my Ethos 21 was a monster... That 30mm is an enormous beast! I could get my exercise doing arm curls with that. I love a wide field of view on Jupiter, to be able to see details on the planet with it's moons in the view at the same time!

Great video Vlad. Love your personal experiences with using them rather than just repeating the specs.

Been watching your videos new subscriber here ,love the videos, great content

That "green writing" definitely gets the heart pumping 😅👍

That is the hardest flex of an eyepiece collection I've ever seen

Vlad. I have to agree with you on using high power or perhaps medium power on deep sky objects. I recently purchased an 8 inch Newtonian F5 (1000mm) and placed it on a CG-4 mount. Perhaps under mounted. First light was a sliver of the Moon through the trees. Second object was M13. I had grabbed only some simple eyepieces, 25mm Plossl and 10mm Plossl. I also had a 2.1 x barlow. I decided to used the 10mm and barlow it for about 210 power. The sight was incredible!. It filled the whole field of view. I could still barely make out the individual stars.

There are a couple I didn’t get to see size. Mostly bigger Naglers. Just would like to know.

Really enjoying your videos and thankyou for the shared knowledge. I am new to the hobby and assembling a basic setup.

I'm looking at some orthoscopic EPs for planetary viewing and am liking the reviews I've read on them. Use them in my 100mm f-4 and my 150mm f5, both Newtonians. I do not like to go above 100x in my f-4 100mm, I keep it at 80x as the mount doesn't have hand controls so following a faster moving object is tough. My 150mm f-5 has hand controls so I'm looking at a Takahashi Ortho 14mm as it has a 50+ fov and should be good for DSOs. The Takahashi's are really just an ortho'd Plossl, but they're only around $50. I'm also getting the Baader Ortho at 10mm and Barlow 160x or higher for planets. All depends at how sharp it stays, but here in New Mexico most nights are good for viewing except when the wind tones it down some.

HOLY MOLY those are some BIGGGGGGGGGG eyepieces

Hi there 🙂.

Thankyou for all this great information. I am a beginner with a celestron se8 on a standard base. After watching your video on the Baader 8-24 zoom, I really want to get that one. If I understood correctly, it sounds like a magnification of 120-130 x is very good for deep sky viewing. Would this zoom be all I need for that? I will also be using the high powers alot. I was thinking about something over 25mm, but being I am keeping my 1.25 diagonal, should I not go over 25mm, as I would not get a wider fov? I found only one eyepiece so far that sounds like it would fit, and it is a Baader hyperion aspheric 1.25 31mm. I think the fov is 72. The bad news for me is its price. I am lucky to get that zoom. lol Is there a lower priced eyepiece you may recommend for a 1.25?