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Good Eyepieces for Celestron C6-R

Started by Athlon, 03/21/2006 12:38AM
Posted 03/21/2006 12:38AM Opening Post
Just bought a new scope, celestron 6''
I'm buying the william quartz 2'' diagonal, plus the Moonlite 2'' focuser. My question is what are some good eyepieces for, say, deep space viewing, planet viewing, for this type of scope what can I use. it's an f8 1200 fl need some help in my selection of accessories
Thanks Barry :S
Posted 03/22/2006 03:37PM #1
I have one and it is very forgiving, my 1rpd is not too bad in it and any good plossl, like TV, will work. Depenending on your tolerance for small eyerelief, a short fl ortho will give max res, IMO.
You should recollimate after installing the focuser, and Scope Stuff has a great cheap refractor collimator.
I got a baader contrast booster to diminish the purple, but its a mixed blessing, it does enhance contrast by throwing some out-of-focus energy away, but its a more unnatural view that is left.
This was the first scope where I had enough aperture to be knocked out by stellar colors.
The eq5 mount is a sad, sad joke on this scope, unfortunately.
I found the straight through finder a PITA and went to a rt angle 30mm finder for the FOV.
This long scope with the eyepiece changing height over the right ascension is a real problem for any one out there who doesn't like to/can't easily change their position much.
Dan