Explore Scientific 12mm 92° field argon-purged waterproof 2" eyepiece

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This 2" 12mm 92° field Explore Scientific hyper-wide eyepiece provides an exceptionally immersive medium/medium high power observing experience.
Our Product #: ES9212
Explore Scientific Product #: EPWP9212-01
 

Product Description

You may be startled at the amazingly wide expanse of inky black sky that greets you when you first look into the 92° field of this Explore Scientific 12mm hyper-wide eyepiece. Observing with the 12mm Explore 92° feels more like you are in orbit above the Earth, taking a space walk, rather than looking through a telescope eyepiece. 

The Explore Scientific 2" 12mm is one of those eyepieces that can truly be described as showing you a "picture window view" of space. The visual effect of its long eye relief and 92° apparent field is truly a full-immersion experience. Your eye is relaxed, allowing you to easily use the "averted vision" technique to study faint details across its huge field of view.

With an apparent field of view that is close to the maximum possible for a hyper-wide eyepiece design, celestial objects are easier to locate with the Explore 92°. In non-driven telescopes, like Dobsonians or altazimuth mount refractors, an object stays in the field of view for a long time before you need to nudge the scope to center it again.

The 12mm 92° field Explore Scientific is O-ring sealed and argon-purged to be 100% waterproof. This prevents internal fogging in the eyepiece in cold weather; keeps the interior dust-and fungus-free; and makes it easier to clean, as there is no risk of excess cleaning solution getting trapped between the lens elements.

The latest computer design programs have been used to optimize its performance. Its eight element/six group design uses low dispersion and high refractive index lenses and full multicoatings for high contrast, high resolution, and flat field images across its very wide 92° field of view. The lens edges have been blackened to improve contrast.

A 10" f/4.5 Dobsonian reflector has a full 0.97° field at 95x with this eyepiece, nearly two lunar diameters across. Even an 8" f/10 catadioptric has a field 0.55° in diameter, able to encompass the full Moon with room to spare, the Orion Nebula, and many other nebulas and globular clusters, as well. You can use the calculator in the "formula" tab above to see just how wide the field will be with your particular telescope.

The long 20mm eye relief of the Explore Scientific 92° will not vignette the field of view for eyeglass wearers. The eyepiece has a soft fold-down rubber eyecup for eyeglass use and comes with dust covers for both ends of the eyepiece.

This individually serial numbered 12mm Explore Scientific 92° field eyepiece is backed by a limited one year warranty, which will be extended to an Explore Scientific transferable product lifetime limited warranty when its warranty card is registered with Explore Scientific within 60 days of purchase. Here's a link to the full details on this unique transferable lifetime warranty.

Tech Details

Barrel Size 2"
Eye Relief 20mm
Field of view 92
Focal Length 12mm
Number of optical elements 8
Weight 2 lbs. 1.9 oz.
Warranty 1 year, extendable to lifetime

Reviews

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The Explore Sci 92° 12mm is an amazing eyepiece. I actually liked it better than the venerable 13mm Ethos [personal preference]. It's got a HUGE eye lens and gives the feeling that you're floating among the stars. It's like a window to outer space! (Posted on 9/25/2019)
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The Explore Sci 92° 12mm is an amazing eyepiece. I actually liked it better than the venerable 13mm Ethos [personal preference]. It's got a HUGE eye lens and gives the feeling that you're floating among the stars. It's like a window to outer space! (Posted on 9/21/2019)
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I have been using the 12 mm Explore Scientific 92 degree eyepiece for about 10 months in a 12" Zhumell Dobsonian telescope. I have been very pleased with the combination. I can't say this is a comparative review since my previous telescope was only a 4" Mak-Cas with a zoom eyepiece. I don't have a wealth of experience as yet with the larger scope or the better eyepieces I use with it. As you would expect this is a step up and shows a lot more. I do have a 17 mm Nagler though, and have used in the same telescope. This eyepiece is certainly in the same league. I wear glasses. I have to move my eye around to see the edge of FoV giving that picture window effect. Note that this eyepiece is the heaviest one I own. To balance the scope I have strapped a couple hand barbells to the bottom of the scope with daisy chained tie-wraps. This avoids having to tighten down the bearings. I adjust between eyepieces and for different altitudes with a Farpoint magnetic bag weight. (Posted on 10/18/2018)
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