In my dobs i like 80 to 100 degree eyepieces. In the SCT 70 to 80 degree and the frac 55 to 60 degree. My eyepieces are a mixed mess of Orion branded Long Pernge, Explore Scientific , Astro Tech and 2 Meade eyepieces
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I bought the Meade sets with my scopes . Added a 3x Barlow , a focal length that didn’t come with the set and a bunch of filters . Thats my story and I’m stickin’ to it . They’ve served me well .
Its is whatever works for ya isnt it. I have 2 and 3x Barlows, but i rarely have the need to use them. I am an eyepiece junkie. Each scope has its own set of eyepieces. The 16 has a 2 inch 2x barlow, the 10 inch has a 1.25 inch 2x and the frac has a 1.25 inch 2 and 3x.
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That’s funny . I also have separate sets of eyepieces for each of my Meade scopes .
They’re basically the same Meade set sans a 3x Barlow added to the set for my 8 inch f4 . I use it a lot due to the scopes super short focal length . Then I have different filters for each .
Even though the eyepieces are identical , it allows me to have the plastic barrels they go in labeled with the magnification they yield in the designated scope . It makes things so much easier . Plus I take both scopes out together quite often and may need the same eyepiece in both depending on what I’m viewing . Then I’ve got some cool .965 size Antares Plossls for my vintage Tasco 4 inch Newtonian and another set of 1.25 inch OWL Plossls for my vintage 2.5 inch Tasco refractor that I converted with a .965 to 1.25 inch diagonal . And then I have a small set of vintage Tasco Kellner and Huygens for my little Table top Tasco 2 inch refractor . I picked up a set of Lunar and Planetary filters in .965 that Orion produced long ago . Nice little set with a variable Moon filter . Hard to find stuff even years ago when I got them . I got the very last set that Orion had . It’s nice to have some of this stuff that’s unobtainable any more . So every set has the magnification labeled on each ocular . It make things easier for sure .
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Yeah i am like you in some cases. There are nights when i have a 20mm in the 16 and a 20mm in the 10 inch dob. Its just handy. Tucked away in my SCT case i have two Orion branded Long Perng LHD eyepieces at 14 and 20mm, both are 2 inch. They are positively awesome in any scope i have put them in.
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I believe Long Perng made the Meade Plossls .
I know the early ones were made in USA but then production went to Japan , then Taiwan and finally China .
@Starrancher isn’t Long Perng still in Tawain?
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As far as I know . My Meade Plossls were probably made in 2006 or 2007 . They were Taiwan made , which was superior to what China was producing by far at the time . It was either Long Perng or GSO that made them . I believe both were in Taiwan .
@Starrancher so I had to investigate. Both companies say Taiwan on their websites, but I would have sworn that GSO was made in mainland China.
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Yeah , they’re both Taiwanese . Better optics than China . GSOs are great eyepieces for the money too . Maybe it was GSO that made the Meade’s . Who knows , Meade could have used both companies . Both made good stuff . I could never tell the difference in image quality between my Meade Super Plossls and a Televue Plossl .
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Oh man ! You too ? When did you get yours ?