| This very short focal length eyepiece has been designed by Thomas M. Back, noted refractor designer, to give you exceptional high power views with short focal length/fast focal ratio refractors and reflectors – even under so-so seeing conditions. It will work with f/10 catadioptric scopes, but its tiny quarter-millimeter exit pupil and very dim images with such scopes make it exceedingly difficult to use. It has been optimized to view bright objects, both on and off axis, while showing maximum detail and definition. It has very high light transmission, very high contrast, minimal lateral color, and minimal light scatter. Combine its high resolution with its high contrast and you have an eyepiece that’s unexcelled for lunar and planetary observing and binary star splitting with an f/5 or f/6 focal ratio scope. Its 2.5mm focal length provides 192x (a very high 62x per inch of aperture) with an 80mm f/6 refractor, about the practical maximum magnification possible under excellent seeing conditions. While the eyepiece is optimized for observing subtle lunar and planetary detail, the eyepiece’s observing virtues work equally well for splitting binary stars, resolving compact globular clusters, etc. For Dobsonian users and others without tracking drives, the very low lateral color and other aberrations allow a planet to drift across the entire 60° field while still being sharp and having high contrast, thereby maximizing observing time. A light coating of lubricant has been applied to the threads in the eyepiece’s twist-up eyecup. If any lubricant is visible on the inner eyepiece body when the twist-up eyecup is in the extended position, remove the excess lubricant with a clean wipe, such as a tissue. Operate the twist-up eyecup several times, cleaning the body as necessary until no more lubricant is visible on the eyepiece body when the twist-up eyecup is fully extended.
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