Takahashi Starbase 9mm 1.25" Ortho Eyepiece

Was going to look for M101 when I decided to look at the double star Mizar/Alcor in the arm of the Big Dipper. The clarity was as good as any big expensive eyepiece. I grabbed my 2.25x Barlow taking me to 187x and once focused the clarity remained. I could easily see Mizar's double Mizar B. I removed the Barlow searched for nearby M101 or the Pinwheel Galaxy. which of course was a bit too big to fit, but I could make out some of the spiral arms. I switched to the 18mm then. This is an excellent eyepiece, if you do not have to wear glasses the 7mm eye relief is fine and I do not find any problems with fov, in my 150mm C6-N Newtonian the stars are crisp to the edges. I used it on the Moon with an Optolong Neb filter that dimmed the 1/4 Moon just enough to not overdo it. The views were amazing and I felt like I could have reached out and touched it. (Posted on 5/2/2022)

Very sharp over most of FOV. And the FOV is much larger than stated - I would estimate it at least 60 degrees! Very solid And well put together. Highly recommended unless you wear glasses - very short eye relief.
(Posted on 5/28/2020)