Low power worthwhile?

Hi, I just purchased a 32mm Wide feild (70 deg) [my max exit pupil] eyepeice. I bought it because I wanted to experience the spacewalk-porthole effect that lots of big fast dob users love. Well I have a f/4.5 16" dob and don't really experience the spacewalk effect and was wondering is 70 deg Afov too little? The only thing that I experience is less resolution than my plossls in M13 and M31. What are the benefits to low mag. eyepeices? Thanks for your help.

70' FOV should give you a pretty nice look! Maybe you are expecting too much? Sometimes things are built up in your imagination beyond the reeality.
Even a 31mm Nagler does not look like you are in outerspace! Try some others on different scopes and see if you get what you want. IF not, then you are looking for something that does not exist.
Floyd

Two questions:

What eyepiece did you buy?

Do you wear glasses when you observe?

The advantage of the Widefield over the plossls is the added 20 degrees or so of FOV which translates into a factor of 2 greater area of view. It should be sharp in the center and hopefully reasonably sharp at the edges. But that big viewing field should be what is most noticeable.

In my view, the exit pupil is not a big issue, at worst it will restrict somewhat the magnitude of the stars you can see but with a 16 inch scope and a dark site, you should be seeing lots of stars anyway..


jon

ok, thanks guys, one more question;

If my dialated pupil is not 7mm, am I loosing arperture of my scope, or am I just seeing less FoV? I've heard it both ways, and don't know what to believe. Can I still get all of the brightness out of the center of the field when I'm looking at the center, or does it just cut down on the arperture of the scope that I'm effectivly using?

Sorry to phrase it twice, just hard to get my idea out here

Thanks again