How to Buy a Telescope : Eyepieces for Telescopes

Discussion of the varieties of telescope eyepieces available. Learn how to choose the right eyepiece for you in this free home astronomy equipment video from a telescope designer and manufacturer.

Expert: Bill Burgess
Bio: Bill Burgess is the owner and founder of Burgess Optical, which is world-renowned for its custom-built telescopes and planetary eyepieces.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

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[jamesbondaygee]

Thanks for your expertise!

[GussXimenez]

Hope someone can help me chose a nice barlow and a couple eyepieces. i bought a ioptron 6" telescope with gps mount. but it only came with a shyty barlow of plastic and 2 eypieces 10mm and 25mm i was wondering if i should get a 4mm 6mm 8mm another better 10mm and a barlow 2.5x and some filters. Please recomend me something, thank you !

[vibol03]

lol the eyepiece that i bought is about 2 degrees range

[hummerume]

@AkiThePirate Thanks a ton for responding :)

Best Regards

[AkiThePirate]

@hummerume An 8" F9 would be pretty forgiving on the eyepieces, and would probably give some nice contrast. And with a 40mm EP you'd get 45 magnification, which would be pretty handy for big DSOs like M31 or M42. I think you'll have a slightly narrowed field of view, though, which will just make tracking slightly more annoying.

But it'll be absolutely marvellous for the planets and moon, and should be pretty good going into deep sky things, too.

Enjoy the scope.

[hummerume]

@AkiThePirate, Yeah you are right, actually I was contemplating buying the 2" eyepieces for my new project. am building a 8" F9 Dob, i wll surely get the 2" eyepiece kit for this.... also cud you pls share some of your thoughts of an 8" f9 dobsonian limitations?

Best Regards

[AkiThePirate]

@hummerume Celestron are usually quite good. As far as I know, it's definitely a set worth buying. That being said, however, if you've got a Dobsonian or something big, a 2" eyepiece would be a better idea.

Personally, I don't use any 1.25" for anything other than the planets or the moon.

[BoooDave]

I'm still confused about a few things, but this vid has helped fill in a few gaps in my knowledge of how the whole focal and magnification etc works with regards to eyepieces and barlows etc. I suspect when my first scope arrives and I actually start using it, I'll have a head start in understanding it all now, thanks to this series of videos. Thanks.

[lightsuit]

TeleVue all the way...

[Arlekean]

Slow down, man, slow down. You're going too fast.