That "Sidewalk Test" thingy again, test your skill

I looked at the "sidewalk Test" stuff a week or two ago and decided to see how some inexpensive eyepieces of mine would fare. One thing that I thought about was that every person I know has the brightness control on their monitors cranked up to maximum, so I would see something different than you might see, but the brightness proportions should still be about the same.

Anyway, I took 12 photos from 12 angles and the results all looked the same, so I scanned just one photo. The conditions were:

1. Eyepieces all had no bottom caps.
2. All were in the shade with a bright sky overhead.
3. All were on a single sheet of Protostar flocking paper.
4. I was on a ladder about 7-8 feet above the eyepieces.
5. Any rubber eyecups were rolled down so eye lenses were equally exposed to the sky.
6. Random order with focal length on a lable so I could remember. (Now blacked out with # 1-7 instead)

Below is the photo of a TV Powermate and 7 eyepieces glaring back at my skinny elbows holding the camera. THE FIRST PERSON TO CORRECTLY GUESS THE ORDER FROM THE LISTBELOW GETS THE GRAND PRIZE, if you want to have a go at it. Might as well, it is cloudy and cold this week.

Eyepiece List by fl:
32mm Orion Highlight Plossl.
25mm Orion Ultrascopic Plossl.
20mm Orion Ultrascopic Plossl.
20mm Apogee Widescan II.
17mm Orion Highlight Plossl.
15mm Gary Russell MC Konig.
14mm Antares W70.
TV 2.5x, 1.25" PowerMate.(Labeled)

Someone have a go at naming eyepieces 1 through 7 from the list. Don't forget the Grand Prize!..

Attached Image:

That #7 is a real bowser!

Roland Christen

I will give it a go

1: 17mm Orion Highlight Plossl
2: 25mm Orion Ultrascopic Plossl
3: 15mm Gary Russell MC Konig
4: 14mm Antares W70
5: 32mm Orion Highlight Plossl
6: 20mm Orion Ultrascopic Plossl
7: 20mm Apogee Widescan II
8: Powermate

Michael

My guess,
1= 17mm Orion Highlight
2= 14mm antares W70
3= 20mm Orion Ultrascopic
4= 32mm Oriion Highlight
5= 15mm Russell
6=25mm Ultrascopic
7= 20mm Apogee Widescan
Floyd

1. 14mm Anteres W70
2. 20mm Orion Plossl
3. 17mm Orion Highlight Plossl
4. 32mm Orion Highlight Plossl
5. 15mm Gary Russell MC Konig
6. 25mm Orion Ultrascopic Plossl
7. 20mm Apogee Widescan

I forgot that the silver housing showing would give away the Orion Highlights. Straight down on the others though.

So far (forget PowerMate) #1, 4, 6 and 7 have been tagged right by at least one player. That leaves a riddle in reading the responses and trying to lable the right ones so far, but only three haven't been named correctly yet.

I know that the SIZE of the eye lenses is what is deceiving. So far, Floyd Blue, with his 37,213th post, has the most correct.

EDIT: P.S.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE AMAZING GRAND PRIZE!

37,215th post
My "NEW" guess is, 8)
1= 17mm Orion Highlight
2= 20mm Orion Ultrascopic
3= 15mm Gary Russell
4= 32mm Oriion Highlight
5= 14mm antares W70
6=25mm Ultrascopic
7= 20mm Apogee Widescan
Floyd