Can someone suggest good 1.25" eye pieces to view planets?

Question

I'm looking for a couple good 1.25" eye pieces for my Celestron C6-NGT. I'm not looking for cheap eye pieces, I'm looking for good quality eye pieces to view planets and other celestial objects.

Answer 1

I find the Meade Super Wide view series eyepieces are a really good value. Nagler's are the ultimate, but I didn't have $5000 to buy a set of eyepieces. I've put together a very good set of Meade SWA buy ebay purchases. Most have cost me $60 - $100, Naglers will run you $300 each!

Answer 2

How cheap aren't you looking for? Televue type 6 Naglers are very good short focal-length (2.5 to 13mm) eyepieces. Sharp, contrasty, 82° field, 12mm eye relief, $290 each. Naglers are excellent all-purpose eyepieces. Closer to the cheap end, but still nice are Burgess/TMB Planetary eyepieces, at $99 each - 60° field, and very good eye relief. The classic inexpensive planetary eyepieces are Japanese orthos, from University optics, Baader, and others. These have very high contrast and sharpness, but only a few mm of eye relief and about a 42° field. As such, they're great for planets but not very comfortable to use for general purpose observing.

Answer 3

The Celestron C6-NGT has a 150mm aperture and 750 mm focal length.  I'd suggest about 120x, something somewhere between 6mm and 7mm.  If you're looking for two, get like a 6mm and a 10mm.  For example, here's a 7.5mm and a 12.5mm Plossl set. That gives you 100x and 60x.

The formula for magnification is to divide the aperture by the eyepiece focal lengths.  So 750 / 10 = 75x.

The formula for getting the eyepiece focal length from aperture and magnification is focal length divided by magnification.  So 750 / 100 = 7.5 mm.

I love my Plossls, but i recommend you try an example of any eyepiece your interested in.  My eyes aren't yours.  Perhaps a local astronomy club has a star party, and you can try several in your scope.