Customer Reviews

Celestron 933389 X-Cel 1.25" (10mm) Eyepiece

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I have a number of the X-Cell eyepieces and these seem to be the best bang for your buck. They aren't Naglers, but they don't cost anywhere near what a Nagler does either. They could have a little better contrast, but the Expance eye pieces that have better contrast have a lot more comma. For eye reliefe these are a blessing. With the shape of the eyeguards keep light off the observation lens these are great at star parties, or any where, where stary light may interfear with your observing. The long eye reliefe lets you observe with your glasses on. On the down side, they only give you a 55' view vs a Naglers 82' view, like I said before they could have a little better contrast, and they could have less comma, but for under $100 not much else comes close to the performance of these eyepieces. One other thing, if your eye isn't lined up just right these eyepieces will black out. But it is easy to get used to placing your eye right and you won't even think about it after you use them awhile. In fact I think the next step up in eyepieces would be the Baader Hyperions at, at least $120 each. Now if they would just offer these in a complete set with the matching Barlow in a nice case, they would have the best set available as a package deal at the best price out there. You already can buy a whole set for less than the price of one Nagler. And who wants to spend more on their eyepieces than their scope cost anyways?

This relatively high power eyepiece arrived as advertised, well packaged, and delivers the sharp close planetary images I was hoping for.