[Atmob-discuss] new Explore scientific 14mm eyepiece

[Mario Motta]

Hello all,


    Finally a clear night! Now fireworks over, could at last try out my new
14mm N2 Scientific explorer eyepiece I had ordered at NEAF in April, that at
last arrived 3 weeks ago. Been waiting ever since to try it out due to the
weather.

It is a 14 mm eyepiece that gives me on my 32 inch f6 a power of 350.
It has multicoating, I see no reflections. It is nitrogen filled and sealed
so no moisture can ever enter the optics to need cleaning
It is the competitor to the Nagler Ethos, also has a 100 degree apparent
field of view.

My first impression... it already is my favorite eyepiece!
The view through it is awesome, truly amazing. It has the mag about the same
as a plossal 13 I have, but... through the plossal, you are looking into a
tunnel.
With the N2, I cannot fit the entire filed of view into my eye, I have to
look a bit "sideways" to capture the entire field. Open clusters are well
magnified, yet still "see it all"
The dumbbell (M27) was amazing. Ring nebula (M57) was great, and even in
moonlight could see the nearby galaxy. The entire M11 (wid duck) cluster is
completely resolved stars and still see it all.
I looked at the moon.. it was like looking through a porthole from a
spaceship, no tunnel vision at all, amazing image. Jupiter great detail.
Best part of all is... edge to edge, sharp stars. I could focus on a star in
the edge, the center was in focus. No field curvature I could detect.
Amazing considering how wide the apparent field is.
Got this for half the cost of an ethos by getting it at NEAF, even better!

With other eyepieces, even a nagler, you need to use a wide filed to center
an object, see it all, then change to a higher power for detail.
With this, you simply can do it all, that is see the entire object, and high
detail at the same time.
I compared eyepieces. with its higher power, it gives me the same field of
view as a nagler 17, or a plossal 21.
Very impressive. I will be using this a lot.
Warning, a very big eyepiece, unless you handle extra weight, not for you.
But.. if you can.. wow.

Mario
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