Telescope Eyepiece Specifications

In the late 1990’s as an experiment in working with HTML, I constructed this page as part of a suite of pages focusing on telescope eyepieces. At that time, these pages won an award from Griffith Observatory. The eyepiece data has not been updated since circa 2000.

My intent was to make this table as complete as possible; however, I generally chose not to include economy eyepieces such as Super Modified Achromats (SMA) or eyepieces with 0.96″ barrels.

Key to street prices:

A

<$50

B

$ 50 — $100

C

$101 — $200

D

$201 — $300

E

$301 — $400

F

>$400

 

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Celestron

Celestron Plossl 6.3mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

5mm

52

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Celestron Plossl 7.5mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

5mm

52

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Celestron Plossl 10mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

7mm

52

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Celestron Plossl 12.5mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

8mm

52

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Celestron Plossl 17mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

13mm

52

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Celestron Plossl 20mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

20mm

52

4

A

Manuf.

01/01

Celestron Plossl 26mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

22mm

50

4

A

Manuf.

01/01

Celestron Plossl 32mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

22mm

52

4

A

Manuf.

01/01

Celestron Plossl 40mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

31mm

46

4

A

Manuf.

01/01

Ultima 5mm

1.25″

Hybrid

Yes

4mm

50

4-7

B

Manuf.

10/97

Ultima 7.5mm

1.25″

Hybrid

Yes

5mm

51

4-7

B

Manuf.

10/97

Ultima 12.5mm

1.25″

Hybrid

Yes

9mm

51

4-7

B

Manuf.

10/97

Ultima 18mm

1.25″

Hybrid

Yes

13mm

51

4-7

B

Manuf.

10/97

Ultima 24mm

1.25″

Hybrid

Yes

18mm

51

4-7

B

Manuf.

10/97

Ultima 30mm

1.25″

Hybrid

Yes

21mm

50

4-7

B

Manuf.

10/97

Ultima 35mm

1.25″

Hybrid

No

25mm

49

4-7

C

Manuf.

10/97

Ultima 42mm

1.25″

Hybrid

No

32mm

36

4-7

C

Manuf.

10/97

Celestron Zoom 6.5-18mm

1.25″

140g

No

11mm

60.5-38.5

C

Manuf.

10/97

Celestron Micro Guide 12.5mm

1.25″

52mm

33mm

140g

Ortho

No

11mm

C

Note 1

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Clave (Kinoptik)

Clave Plossl 3mm

1.25″

Plossl

2.7mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 4mm

1.25″

Plossl

3.6mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 5mm

1.25″

Plossl

4.4mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 6mm

1.25″

Plossl

5.3mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 8mm

1.25″

Plossl

7.1mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 10mm

1.25″

Plossl

8.9mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 12mm

1.25″

Plossl

10.7mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 16mm

1.25″

Plossl

14.2mm

48

4

D

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 20mm

1.25″

Plossl

17.8mm

48

4

D

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 25mm

1.25″

Plossl

22.3mm

48

4

D

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 30mm

1.25″

Plossl

26.8mm

48

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Clave Plossl 35mm

1.25″

Plossl

26.8mm

42

4

E

Distrib.

02/00

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Collins Electro Optics

I 3 Piece 25mm

1.25″

4.5″

2.9″

468g

38mm

35

F

Manuf., Note 4

6/98

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Edmund Scientific

RKE 8mm

1.25″

Kellner

No

8.2mm

6.6mm

45

3

A

Manuf.

10/97

RKE 12mm

1.25″

Kellner

No

10.7mm

9.7mm

45

3

A

Manuf.

10/97

RKE 15mm

1.25″

Kellner

No

13.4mm

11.9mm

45

3

A

Manuf.

10/97

RKE 21mm

1.25″

Kellner

No

18.8mm

17.3mm

45

3

A

Manuf.

10/97

RKE 28mm

1.25″

Kellner

No

24.5mm

13.3mm

45

3

A

Manuf.

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Meade Series 3000

Meade Plossl 5mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

50

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Meade Plossl 6.7mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

50

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Meade Plossl 9.5mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

50

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Meade Plossl 16mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

50

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Meade Plossl 25mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

50

4

A

Manuf.

10/97

Meade Plossl 40mm

1.25″

Plossl

No

44

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Meade Series 4000

Super Plossl 6.4mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

52

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 9.7mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

52

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 12.4mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

52

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 15mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

52

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 20mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

52

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 26mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

52

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 32mm

1.25″

Plossl

Yes

52

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 40mm

1.25″

Plossl

No

44

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Super Plossl 56mm

2″

Plossl

No

52

4

C

Manuf.

10/97

Super Wide Angle 13.8mm

1.25″

Yes

67

6

C

Manuf.

10/97

Super Wide Angle 18mm

1.25″

Yes

67

6

C

Manuf.

10/97

Super Wide Angle 24.5mm

1.25″

Yes

67

6

C

Manuf.

10/97

Super Wide Angle 32mm

2″

No

67

6

D

Manuf.

10/97

Super Wide Angle 40mm

2″

No

67

6

D

Manuf.

10/97

Ultra Wide Angle 4.7mm

1.25″

Yes

84

8

C

Manuf.

10/97

Ultra Wide Angle 6.7mm

1.25″

Yes

84

8

C

Manuf.

10/97

Ultra Wide Angle 8.8mm

1.25″/2″

Yes

84

8

D

Manuf.

10/97

Ultra Wide Angle 14mm

1.25″/2″

No

84

8

D

Manuf.

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Pentax

SMC XL 5.2mm

1.25″

20mm

65

5-7

E

Dealer

10/97

SMC XL 7mm

1.25″

20mm

65

5-7

D

Dealer

10/97

SMC XL 10.5mm

1.25″

20mm

65

5-7

D

Dealer

10/97

SMC XL 14mm

1.25″

20mm

65

5-7

D

Dealer

10/97

SMC XL 21mm

1.25″

20mm

65

5-7

D

Dealer

10/97

SMC XL 28mm

1.25″

20mm

55

5-7

D

Dealer

1/99

SMC XL 40mm

2″

20mm

65

5-7

E

Dealer

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Speers-Waler

SW 5-8 4.9-7.9mm

1.25″

5.75″-7.75″

570g

10.7-12.1mm

89-80.7

D

Dealer

6/98

SW 7 7.3mm

1.25″

83.7

C

Dealer

6/98

SW 10 9.3mm

1.25″

5.75″

360g

16.4mm

70

C

Dealer

6/98

SW 12 12mm

1.25″

80.1

C

Dealer

6/98

SW 14 14.2mm

1.25″

5.75″

360g

14.7mm

73.1

C

Dealer

6/98

SW 18 18.9mm

1.25″

5.75″

360g

13.2mm

73.9

C

Dealer

6/98

SW 24 24.7mm

1.25″

13.3mm

67

C

Dealer

6/98

SW 30 30.1mm

2″

15.7mm

67.7

C

Dealer

6/98

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Takahashi

Takahashi LE-5 5mm

1.25″

130g

Yes

52

C

Manuf.

10/97

Takahashi LE-7.5 7.5mm

1.25″

115g

Yes

52

C

Manuf.

10/97

Takahashi LE-12.5 12.5mm

1.25″

100g

Yes

52

C

Manuf.

10/97

Takahashi LE-18 18mm

1.25″

125g

Yes

52

C

Manuf.

10/97

Takahashi LE-24 24mm

1.25″

150g

Yes

52

C

Manuf.

10/97

Takahashi LE-30 30mm

1.25″

170g

Yes

52

D

Manuf.

10/97

Takahashi LE-50 50mm

2″

570g

Yes

50

E

Manuf.

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Tele Vue

Tele Vue Plossl 8mm

1.25″

33mm

36mm

45g

Plossl

B

6mm

6.5mm

50

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Plossl 11mm

1.25″

36mm

36mm

45g

Plossl

B

8mm

9.1mm

50

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Plossl 15mm

1.25″

46mm

33mm

90g

Plossl

B

10mm

12.6mm

50

4

B

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Plossl 20mm

1.25″

53mm

33mm

90g

Plossl

B

14mm

17.1mm

50

4

C

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Plossl 25mm

1.25″

64mm

33mm

136g

Plossl

B

17mm

21.2mm

50

4

C

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Plossl 32mm

1.25″

71mm

41mm

180g

Plossl

B

22mm

27.0mm

50

4

C

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Plossl 40mm

1.25″

69mm

41mm

180g

Plossl

No

28mm

27.0mm

43

4

C

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Plossl 55mm

2″

112mm

58mm

590g

Plossl

No

38mm

46.0mm

50

4

D

Manuf.

10/97

Panoptic 15mm

2″

56mm

36mm

136g

Panoptic

B

10mm

17.1mm

68

6

D

Manuf.

10/97

Panoptic 19mm

2″

66mm

43mm

180g

Panoptic

B

13mm

21.3mm

68

6

D

Manuf.

10/97

Panoptic 22mm

2″

94mm

53mm

450g

Panoptic

A

15mm

25.0mm

68

6

D

Manuf.

10/97

Panoptic 27mm

2″

91mm

53mm

500g

Panoptic

A

19mm

30.5mm

68

6

E

Manuf.

10/97

Panoptic 35mm

2″

117mm

66mm

770g

Panoptic

A

24mm

38.7mm

68

6

E

Manuf.

10/97

Radian 3mm

1.25″

97mm

46mm

364g

Radian

B

20

3.3mm

60

7

D

Manuf.

02/00

Radian 4mm

1.25″

91mm

46mm

364g

Radian

B

20

4.2mm

60

7

D

Manuf.

02/00

Radian 5mm

1.25″

97mm

46mm

364g

Radian

B

20

5.3mm

60

7

D

Manuf.

02/00

Radian 6mm

1.25″

97mm

46mm

364g

Radian

B

20

6.3mm

60

7

D

Manuf.

02/00

Radian 10.5mm

1.25″

79mm

46mm

228g

Radian

B

20

10.5mm

60

6

D

Manuf.

02/00

Radian 12mm

1.25″

74mm

46mm

228g

Radian

B

20

12.6mm

60

6

D

Manuf.

02/00

Radian 14mm

1.25″

76mm

46mm

228g

Radian

B

20

14.4mm

60

6

D

Manuf.

02/00

Radian 8mm

1.25″

86mm

46mm

273g

Radian

B

20

8.3mm

60

6

D

Manuf.

02/00

Nagler 4.8mm

1.25″

61mm

33mm

180g

Nagler

B

7mm

6.6mm

82

7

C

Manuf.

10/97

Nagler 7mm

1.25″

76mm

33mm

180g

Nagler

B

10mm

9.4mm

82

7

D

Manuf.

10/97

Nagler 9mm

1.25″/2″

99mm

46mm

410g

Nagler

C

12mm

12.3mm

82

7

D

Manuf.

10/97

Nagler Type 4, 12mm

1.25″/2″

130mm

61mm

500g

Nagler 4

C

17mm

17.1mm

82

6

E

Manuf.

02/00

Nagler Type 2, 12mm

1.25″/2″

114mm

56mm

500g

Nagler 2

C

11mm

16.4mm

82

8

D

Note 5

10/97

Nagler 13mm

1.25″/2″

137mm

64mm

635g

Nagler

No

18mm

17.8mm

82

7

E

Note 5

10/97

Nagler Type 2, 16mm

1.25″/2″

107mm

56mm

459g

Nagler 2

No

10mm

21.9mm

82

8

E

Note 5

10/97

Nagler Type 4, 17mm

2″

104mm

61mm

728g

Nagler 4

No

17mm

24.3mm

82

7

E

Manuf.

02/00

Nagler Type 2, 20mm

2″

130mm

66mm

1040g

Nagler 2

A

12mm

27.4mm

82

8

F

Note 5

10/97

Nagler Type 4, 22mm

2″

102mm

61mm

683g

Nagler 4

No

19mm

31.1mm

82

7

E

Manuf.

02/00

Nagler Type 5, 31mm

2″

84mm

1000g

Nagler 5

No

19mm

42.0mm

82

6

F

Manuf.

02/00

Tele Vue Wide Field 15mm

1.25″

65

6

C

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Wide Field 19mm

1.25″

65

6

C

Manuf.

10/97

Tele Vue Zoom

8 mm – 24mm

1.25″

187g

15-20mm

40-55

D

Manuf.

7/98

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

University Optics

Konig II 12mm

1.25″

Konig

60

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Konig II 16mm

1.25″

Konig

65

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Konig II 24mm

1.25″

Konig

60

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Konig II 32mm

1.25″

Konig

52

4

C

Manuf.

6/98

Konig 32mm

2″

Konig

60

4

C

Manuf.

6/98

Konig MK-70 25mm

2″

Konig

70

4

C

Manuf.

6/98

Konig MK-70 40mm

2″

Konig

70

4

C

Manuf.

6/98

Konig Plossl 55mm

2″

Plossl

50

4

C

Manuf.

6/98

Orthoscopics 4mm

1.25″

Ortho

42-45

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Orthoscopics 5mm

1.25″

Ortho

42-45

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Orthoscopics 7mm

1.25″

Ortho

42-45

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Orthoscopics 9mm

1.25″

Ortho

42-45

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Orthoscopics 12.5mm

1.25″

Ortho

42-45

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Orthoscopics 18mm

1.25″

Ortho

42-45

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Orthoscopics 25mm

1.25″

Ortho

42-45

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Super Erfle 16mm

1.25″

Erfle

65

5

B

Manuf.

6/98

Super Erfle 20mm

1.25″

Erfle

65

5

B

Manuf.

6/98

Super Erfle 25mm

1.25″

Erfle

60

5

B

Manuf.

6/98

Wide Angle Plossl 12mm

1.25″

Plossl

60

4

B

Manuf.

6/98

Illuminated Plossl 12.5mm

1.25″

Plossl

50

4

C

Manuf.

6/98

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

VERNONscope

Brandon 8mm

1.25″

Brandon

Yes

45

4

C

10/97

Brandon 12mm

1.25″

Brandon

Yes

9mm

45

4

C

Note 2

10/97

Brandon 16mm

1.25″

Brandon

Yes

10mm

45

4

C

Note 2

10/97

Brandon 24mm

1.25″

Brandon

Yes

18mm

45

4

C

Note 2

10/97

Brandon 32mm

1.25″

Brandon

Yes

30mm

45

4

C

Note 2

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Vixen

Lanthanum LV 2.5mm

1.25″

20mm

45

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 4mm

1.25″

20mm

45

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 5mm

1.25″

20mm

45

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 6mm

1.25″

20mm

45

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 9mm

1.25″

20mm

50

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 10mm

1.25″

20mm

50

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 12mm

1.25″

20mm

50

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 15mm

1.25″

20mm

50

6-8

C

Celestron

10/97

Lanthanum LV 20mm

1.25″

20mm

50

6-8

C

Dealer

7/98

Lanthanum LV 25mm

1.25″

20mm

50

6-8

C

Dealer

7/98

Lanthanum LV Zoom 8-24mm

1.25″

15-19mm

60-40

D

Celestron

10/97

Eyepiece

Barrel

Len.

Dia.

Wt.

Design

Parfocal

Eye Relief

Field Stop

Apparent Field (degrees)

# of Elements

Street Price Range

Source of Info, Notes

Date of Info

Zeiss

Zeiss Abbe 4mm

1.25″

32mm

33mm

58g

Ortho

Yes

5mm

45

4

D

Note 3

10/97

Zeiss Abbe 6mm

1.25″

35mm

33mm

62g

Ortho

Yes

7mm

45

4

D

Note 3

10/97

Zeiss Abbe 10mm

1.25″

43mm

33mm

71g

Ortho

Yes

7mm

45

4

D

Note 3

10/97

Zeiss Abbe 16mm

1.25″

53mm

33mm

90g

Ortho

Yes

13mm

45

4

D

Note 3

10/97

Zeiss Abbe 25mm

1.25″

61mm

33mm

106g

Ortho

Yes

19mm

45

4

D

Note 3

10/97

Zeiss Abbe 34mm

1.25″

78mm

33mm

100g

Ortho

Yes

27mm

40

4

D

Note 3

10/97

 

Key to street prices:

A

<$50

B

$ 50 — $100

C

$101 — $200

D

$201 — $300

E

$301 — $400

F

>$400

Note 1: The Celestron Micro Guide eyepiece has an illuminated reticle which includes crosshairs and a variety of micrometer scales for measuring sizes and angles.

Note 2: Eye relief as measured by the author on 1970 vintage 12mm and 32mm Brandons and 16mm and 24mm Questar Brandons.

Note 3: Dimensions, weight, and eye relief as measured by the author. Zeiss no longer manufactures these eyepieces.

Note 4: The visual I3 PIECE is the only product available to the amateur astronomer that provides an intensified ‘real-time’ image of deep sky objects. This is made possible by combining ITT NIGHT VISION generation 3 image intensifier technology with advanced patented optics from Tele Vue.

Note 5: Discontinued, no longer in production.

Last updated January 21, 2001