Need help choosing eyepieces for a telescope

garry · 30 Oct 2010 at 15:52

I have a Celestron telescope (NexStar 8se) and want to purchase some new eyepieces but I don't know what is best :confused:

I have my eye on three atm, all plossls. The Omni series, made by Celestron, the Meade 5000 series and the Orion Highlight and Sirius. The Omni's and the Orion's all have a 52° FOV and the 5000 series are 60°.

What do you guys think? Btw, I want them to fit in a camera adapter (EOS 40D).

PhillyDee · 30 Oct 2010 at 16:06

What size eyepieces? What do you intend to view?

More importantly, how much do you have to spend

LOAM · 30 Oct 2010 at 16:08

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garry · 30 Oct 2010 at 16:26

PhillyDee said:
What size eyepieces? What do you intend to view?

More importantly, how much do you have to spend

I'm after 3 ep's. Anything below 25mm but no less than 5.

Will be using them for planets, moon and DSOs.

As for cost, well they're not that expensive anyway