I have a 410....as good as new. Can sell you for 180 bucks. PM me if you are interested.starfirez wrote:yep i'm on the cathy list for 410 leweixing wrote:Hi,
I think what you need most now is a tripod head that can give you slow motion control, so that you can navigate the sky more easily and accurately. Then get a 2x barlow and a few plossl eyepiece to use while you wait for your dream eyepiece.
Have a nice day.they say abt one mth's wait but think cannot be too optimistic. its cost 215 now i heard.. n thanx arief for offering ur tripod!! i was thinking of breaking off my mount of my tripod haha
eyepiece problem
sorry debash...but the 10mm radian is not the same as the 10.5 Pentax XL.Debash wrote:Huiting, I tried long time to get 10.5 xl on astromart...at the end I gave up & got 10 mm radian instead which is equally good (smaller AFOV though, 60 compared to 65 of xl's). If you are looking for 10.5 xl on astromart, be prepared for the long haul and would also be pricey, you would have to act really fast to close the deal as these disappear fast once put up on sale and generally these are put up at night time Singapore.thus i decide on xl 10.5. problem is all of them are discontinued. now i have a chance of getting a XL 14, but it is so close to my erfle.. thus i dunno wad to do now
I would prefer XL 14 in your situation.
If you have both and you compare them, the difference is quite obvious. The Radian is more fussy on the placement of the eye. Kidney Bean, though not as obvious as the 4mm, is still there for the 10mm. The pentax XL has no kidney Bean..except for the 5.2mm XL if you places the eye too near.
And I take pentax screw type eyecup over the silly inadjust eyecup of the Radian anytime.
Hi Vin Snr, thanks for your views. I personally haven't seen through XL 10.5mm..... On Cloudynights review of 10.5mm XL, 10 mm Radian & 9 mm Nagler T1:
link: http://www.cloudynights.com/eyepieces2/3comparo.htm
I quote "If you are a planet observer, and observing on a driven mount, then the Radian is probably the best eyepiece for you, with the Pentax coming in a VERY close second. The Nagler pulls a very respectable third. Of course if you are observing with an unmotorized alt-az, then this changes things a bit, and you might prefer the Pentax or the Nagler - it all depends on how much you want to touch your mount."
"If you are a deep sky observer, the choice is a little easier (as long as you don't need to wear glasses) and the Nagler comes in first with the Pentax second, and the Radian third."
For planetary views, I would have liked XL if I could get it (seen thru XL 28 mm & 7mm and its great...waiting for my own XL 28mm for quite sometime now)...Radian was second choice, not disappointed with it so far..cheers
link: http://www.cloudynights.com/eyepieces2/3comparo.htm
I quote "If you are a planet observer, and observing on a driven mount, then the Radian is probably the best eyepiece for you, with the Pentax coming in a VERY close second. The Nagler pulls a very respectable third. Of course if you are observing with an unmotorized alt-az, then this changes things a bit, and you might prefer the Pentax or the Nagler - it all depends on how much you want to touch your mount."
"If you are a deep sky observer, the choice is a little easier (as long as you don't need to wear glasses) and the Nagler comes in first with the Pentax second, and the Radian third."
For planetary views, I would have liked XL if I could get it (seen thru XL 28 mm & 7mm and its great...waiting for my own XL 28mm for quite sometime now)...Radian was second choice, not disappointed with it so far..cheers
Debash
The cloudynight review is not wrong, but that's assuming just the image at the eyepiece. The radian is sharp.....but placement of the eye need to get a bit of use to. Newbies will find it difficult to get the placement of the eye correctly, but once they get it, the views are indeed very good.Debash wrote:Hi Vin Snr, thanks for your views. I personally haven't seen through XL 10.5mm..... On Cloudynights review of 10.5mm XL, 10 mm Radian & 9 mm Nagler T1:
link: http://www.cloudynights.com/eyepieces2/3comparo.htm
I quote "If you are a planet observer, and observing on a driven mount, then the Radian is probably the best eyepiece for you, with the Pentax coming in a VERY close second. The Nagler pulls a very respectable third. Of course if you are observing with an unmotorized alt-az, then this changes things a bit, and you might prefer the Pentax or the Nagler - it all depends on how much you want to touch your mount."
"If you are a deep sky observer, the choice is a little easier (as long as you don't need to wear glasses) and the Nagler comes in first with the Pentax second, and the Radian third."
For planetary views, I would have liked XL if I could get it (seen thru XL 28 mm & 7mm and its great...waiting for my own XL 28mm for quite sometime now)...Radian was second choice, not disappointed with it so far..cheers
The pentax is less fussy on eye placement. Whether is it sharper than the Radian or not, it's very very hard to tell.
But if you can get the Radian US$20-30 cheaper, then it would be a good choice than to wait like crazy for the pentax.
i dun like the idea of radians, unless it's some 4mm for planetary viewing, where i need the 20mm eye relief. at 10mm, the 20mm eye relief of the radian doesn't help much, a typical 10mm eyepiece would already give enough eye relief for most people.
based on her scope, a 10mm eyepiece would give ard 60x+ which is just nice for dso viewing. pentax xl definately better than radian due to the superior coatings.
~MooEy~
based on her scope, a 10mm eyepiece would give ard 60x+ which is just nice for dso viewing. pentax xl definately better than radian due to the superior coatings.
~MooEy~