Meade Plössl 25mm 1.25-Inch Wireless Illuminated Reticle CCD Framing Ocular

by Meade

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 6 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001DZ9N4
• Item model number: 07568
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 28, 2005

Product Description

Helps you compose astronomical images to fit the dimensions of Meade’s Deep Sky Imager CCD chips. Includes illuminated “frames” for DSI and DSI II CCD chip sizes. A lockable spacer allows eyepiece to be parfocal with your imager. Variable brightness. Wireless only.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meade 20 mm Illuminated Reticule Framing Eyepiece, October 21, 2011

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R. Kelly "CV4Wheeler" (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meade Plössl 25mm 1.25-Inch Wireless Illuminated Reticle CCD Framing Ocular (Electronics)

I bought this eyepiece for use with my 80mm diameter F/4 achromatic guide/finder scope. One of the frames on the reticule approximates the field of view of my camera on my main telescope. So it is useful to me both for framing and finding guide stars for the guidescope. This is a somewhat different use than it was intended for.

I had been using old Kellner and Erfle eyepieces with this scope for years. The view is much sharper across the field with this Plossl eyepiece. Actually, it really surprised me how much better the view was with this eyepiece, something I had not anticipated. Good to know.

The reticule is sharp and the illuminating light bright but widely adjustable. Battery wear is low, consistent with the use of an LED. Mechanically, it seems to be just fine.

Only bad part was that it arrived with the optics covered with dust. Filthy! Took a while to clean it.