Product Description
Many observers feel that a 68° field eyepiece like this Explore Scientific hits the "sweet spot" between the affordable, but "looking down a tube" view of conventional 45°-50° field eyepieces, and the full-immersion, but very expensive, observing experience of an ultra-wide field 82° or 100° eyepiece.
The 2" 34mm Explore Scientific is ideal for observing galaxy clusters, large emission and reflection nebulas, and nebula remnants. - no matter what your telescope type, as long as your telescope has a focal ratio of f/5 and longer. A shorter focal ratio will waste some of your scope's light gathering capacity when used with the 34mm Explore Scientific.
For example, an f/4.5 Dobsonian reflector will have a huge 7.55mm exit pupil with this 34mm eyepiece, a larger light cone than your eye can probably dilate to accept. Some of the scope's light will therefore fall on your iris instead of entering your eye, wasting the light. If your scope's focal ratio is f/5 or above, however, this 34mm Explore Scientific can give you some truly excellent "big picture" views of deep space. You can use the calculator in the "formula" tab above to see just how wide the field will be with your particular scope.
With a huge 26mm of usable eye relief, the six lens/fully multicoated 34mm Explore Scientific can be used by eyeglass wearers with no vignetting of the field. The eyepiece has a soft fold-down rubber eyecup and comes with dust covers for both ends of the eyepiece.
This individually serial numbered Explore Scientific eyepiece is backed by a limited one year warranty, which will be extended to an Explore Scientific transferable 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" |
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Eye Relief | 26mm |
Field of view | 68 |
Focal Length | 34mm |
Number of optical elements | 6 |
Weight | 24 oz. |
Warranty | 1 year, extendable to lifetime |