Yes I am an Occularoholic

Ok, here is my addiction for all to see.

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Floyd, looks like you have a major gap between 32mm and 40mm.

Jeeeez! You ought to be in charge of an eyepiece forum someplace.

Mike

Floyd, what are the specs on the Meade 32mm series 5000? I have a 40mm with the 60 degree fov and adjustable er stop but it is too much exit pupil with my wide field refractor.

Walt

Hi Michael,
I try to hold onto any EP that is great in my opinion, even if it means duplication .
But, like you said, it is so easy to find them here. Too easy.

Floyd, I'm afraid I have you beat in numbers, if not in cost. I had a total of 40 EP's, Barlows, OCA's and a coma corrector at last count. I have 2 more EP's and 2 more OCA's on order. I have 3 binoviewers so far (2 for the SN8 and 1 for the NHII). I haven't even begun to collect 2" EP's yet. Just got the Baader MPCC coma corrector, so an UWA 2" EP is being sought as I type. Mostly the explosion came about as I bought copies of my favorite 1.25" EP's for binoviewing. I have a "big gap" (percentage increase wise) between my 8.9mm Siebert Star Splitter and 12.5mm Ultima pairs, but I do have a single 10mm Ultima I will not be doubling up on. I have 6.4mm SS, 8.9mm SS, 12.5mm Ultima, 15mm Axiom, 18mm Ultima, 20mm Bino-Lite, 21mm Siebert SWA, 23mm Axiom, 25mm Plossl, 30mm Ultima and 32mm Plossl pairs. A pair of 4.4mm Star Splitters will make it an even dozen, I figure. That even dozen figure is nagging at me, then comes "Lucky 13".

Egads Floyd. I think it's contagious. I don't have a camera or my collection handy, but I do have an up-to-date list. Is there a cure? A 12-step program or something?

50mm Parks Plossl; 2”
40mm University Optics Konig MK-70; 2”
35mm Celestron Ultima
34mm Siebert Observatory Series; 2”
32mm Meade Research Grade Wide Angle; 2”
32mm Televue Plossl
28mm Meade Research Grade Orthoscopic
27mm Televue Panoptic; 2”
26mm Celestron (Vixen) Plossl
25mm University Optics Othoscopic
25mm Takahashi MC Orthoscopic; 0.965"
24.5mm Meade Series 4000 Super Wide Angle
24mm Televue Wide Field
24mm-8mm Vixen LV Zoom
21mm Pentax XL
20mm Meade Research Grade Wide Angle
20mm Meade Research Grade Wide Angle
18mm University Optics Orthoscopic
18mm Takahashi MC Orthoscopic; 0.965"
17mm Orion (Vixen) Lanthanum Superwide; 2”/1.25”
16.8mm Meade Research Grade Orthoscopic
16mm University Optics Super Erfle
16mm University Optics Konig II
15.5mm Meade Research Grade Wide Angle
15mm Celestron Ultima Wide Angle
14mm Meade Series 4000 Ultra Wide Angle; 2”/1.25”
12.5mm University Optics Orthoscopic
12.5mm Takahashi MC Orthoscopic; 0.965"
12.5mm Celestron Ultima
12.4mm Meade Research Grade Wide Angle
11mm Televue Plossl
10.5mm Meade Research Grade Orthoscopic
10mm Televue Radian
10mm Zeiss “aus Jena” Abbe Orthoscopic; 0.965”/1.25”
9mm Orion Ultrascan
9mm University Optics Orthoscopic
8mm Edmund RKE
8mm Orion (Vixen) Lanthanum Superwide; 2”/1.25”
7.5mm Orion (Vixen) Lanthanum
7.5mm Celestron Ultima
7mm Meade Research Grade Orthoscopic
7mm Meade Research Grade Orthoscopic
7mm Meade Research Grade Wide Angle
7mm University Optics Orthoscopic
7mm Televue Nagler Type 6
7mm Takahashi MC Orthoscopic; 0.965"
6mm University Optics Plossl
6mm University Optics Orthoscopic
5.2mm Orion (Vixen) Lanthanum
5mm University Optics Orthoscopic
5mm Celestron Ultima
4mm University Optics Orthoscopic
4mm Meade Research Grade Orthoscopic