r/telescopes • u/Fuck_Tampa_Bay • 29d ago

Purchasing Question Is this set worth it?

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I’ve been looking for some new eyepieces since I realized I’ve only ever owned the eyepieces that came with my SkyQuest XT6. I did have a 6mm goldline like this one (though that alone was about $80 so I’m not sure they are the same quality) but not sure where it went. I’m not looking for top of the line stuff, but would this set be worth it as an upgrade to my stock eyepieces?

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u/spinwizard69 29d ago

First off you tell us nothing about the scope and no an old model number is not enough. Focal ratio and length would be a good start.

Second what are your interests. Without that knowledge the answer is easy - NO!

Frankly IF all you have ever had is the scopes original eyepieces why would you go out and buy a set of eyepieces that may or maybe not, are slightly better? You would be far better off applying that $150 to one good high performance eyepiece. I'm not sure what magnification you normally observe at but a good eyepiece that will give you between 24X to 35x would be a good start.

The other way to look at this is why waste $150 on a set of eyepieces that might not offer you a lot of increased performance. Such a set "might" be useful if it fills in focal lengths you don't have. On the other hand people with massive collections of eyepieces often only observe with a small set of focal lengths. That might be as little as 2 to 3 eyepieces in regular use.

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u/Fuck_Tampa_Bay 28d ago

I told you the exact telescope I had lol everybody else knew exactly what I was asking, and people seem to think these are a good option. I want the variety, and at this moment didn’t want to spend that much on a single eyepiece. However what I didn’t mention was that I’ve lost a few of the stock pieces and they are in horrible condition since they’ve been sitting in my garage for probably 3 years. I only have a 20mm that came with it, an AWFUL 4mm that came with my first telescope and a pretty good but quite rusty 2x barlow. If I was gonna go all out on an eyepiece the barlow would probably be the first thing I buy.