Timm Bottoni Reviews
Firefly Books NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, 4th Edition
on October, 17th 2009
Simply the Best 1st Book
Quite simply, this is the best beginner book out there. It has an easy to understand overview of telescopes and accessories, and explains in straight forward ways, all the basics about astronomy, and observing. Now add to this, the nicely bound spiral binding, and the basic star and object charts, and it makes for the best book to buy before venturing into amature astronomy.
Great Plossl - well made
If you dont wear glasses, and dont mind the 50 deg FOV, these are the best plossls for the money out there. Excellent edge to edge sharpness, good contrast, and brightness, with zero negative aspects when used in my 80mm F6 WO refractor. I bought the set of 15mm, 11mm, and 8mm and all are HIGHLY RECOMMENED
Best plossls for the money
If you dont wear glasses, and dont mind the 50 deg FOV, these are the best plossls for the money out there. Excellent edge to edge sharpness, good contrast, and brightness, with zero negative aspects when used in my 80mm F6 WO refractor. I bought the set of 15mm, 11mm, and 8mm and all are HIGHLY RECOMMENED
Best plossls for the money
If you dont wear glasses, and dont mind the 50 deg FOV, these are the best plossls for the money out there. Excellent edge to edge sharpness, good contrast, and brightness, with zero negative aspects when used in my 80mm F6 WO refractor. I bought the set of 15mm, 11mm, and 8mm and all are HIGHLY RECOMMENED with the only reservation being the 8mm has very short eye relief due to the nature of the plossl design.
As good as the other UWANs
The 4mm UWAN is a great eyepiece for the money. It has comfortable eye relief for someone without glasses, but might be a little tight if you wear glasses while observing. It is sharp to the edge, and a great eyepiece for higher powers for my 80mm APO refractor. Highly Recommended for all around viewing.