We consider a 40 mm 2 inch eyepiece to be a worthy investment in the long run.
We are here to help you choose the right one for your purposes from all the best available products in market today.
After carefully examining almost 70 eyepieces, we shortlist the below mentioned products.
Our final set consists of the best products and we also worked hard to maintain variety within our picks for personal choice.
We have been analysing these eyepieces for more than 2 years. We have probably handled more products and accessories than almost any team on the planet, so we have a particularly experienced perspective and depth of knowledge when it comes to these items.
Our collection of eyepieces for your regular usage caters high-quality, cheap and value-for-money requirements.
Note: Just because we didn't mention a eyepiece in this guide doesn't mean it's not good. The following are simply our picks for the best eyepieces for most people - you may have your own specifications , that make a different eyepiece better for you.
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The Celestron 93325 40 mm omni eyepiece ought to fit a starsense 8 " dobsonian without any difficulty, provided you use a 1.25 " eyepiece adapter ring. This eyepiece works well in the slower scope, where it gives bright, sharp images. It is great for viewing close ups of jupiter and saturn.
Using a 40mm eyepiece in this scope will give you a very low magnification of 18x, which is well suited for open clusters, lunar observation and sweeping wide regions of target-rich constellations such as Scorpius and Sagittarius. It comes in its own sturdy container for storage. This is a good quality eyepiece. The eyepiece gets the heaviest use with star clusters, mainly hunting globular clusters.
Customers say that getting a inch barlow len, along with eyepiece is useful.
Why We Like This:
You can have a big aperture and focus precisely, even with the barlow
More then enough to enjoy astronomy, great eyepiece, inexpensive
High power for splitting close doubles, planetary viewing, and zeroing in on faint fuzzies
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Orion has been making great eyepiece for years, thanks to a combination of clever design and appropriate materials. If you are looking for a lower magnification with wide apparent field of view, this is a great eyepiece. It will give a nice view of deep sky objects within the resolving power of the scope. The 5 lens wide angle 70* degree design gives excellent visual quality both color correction and flat field. The long eye relief makes this eyepiece useful for finding faint objects then getting them centered for another X eyepiece.
This is enough to see the moon's craters clearly, and with a view that is definitely a big step up from 1.25" eyepieces. The eye relief is excellent and comfortable to view for long periods of time.
Customers discovered that getting a 2 inch telescope len, along with eyepiece is useful.
Why We Like This:
Wide field of view is very pleasing
Well made, good (not great) view and it feels good in your hand
Just an all-around enjoyable eyepiece to use
Great eyepiece, good contrast and durable materials
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The svbony degree apparent field should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. The V 154 eyepiece has a large field of view and the field of view is as high as 70 degrees which will give you that unforgettable lost in space feeling. It is a 5-elements / 3group structure and made of high index glass. It includes dust caps plus it is used for long-term observation.
The eyepiece housing is designed with a non-slip rubber grip ring, so that it will not fall easily when you hold it in your hand. It is threaded to accept standard 2" filters. It is suitable for anyone wearing glasses and not wearing glasses.
Customers discovered that getting a 40 mm 2 inch eyepiece, with this eyepiece made their life much easier.
Why We Like This:
High resolution and excellent flat field characteristics
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This eyepiece is definitely the way to go if you don't want to spend more on the cost of your scope on a single eyepiece. It features an optical advancement over the traditional kellner and gives sharp, faithful lunar, planetary, and deep-space images. The 40mm here is a little sharper with less coma out near the edge, with considerably more useful image in the eyepiece. It is threaded to accept standard 2"" filters, includes a rubber eyecup for comfortable viewing and is fully multicoated.
The kellner eyepiece design uses a minimum of glass. It includes dust caps additionally it is essential, kellner eyepieces are highly recommended. These are not as immersive with a field of perhaps 70 degrees but look just as good because the long eyecup keeps your eye at the perfect distance for full picture. It will fit any telescope with a 2" focuser.
Why We Like This:
Reall crisp and saturated and no kidney beaning
Nice 2" eyepiece for the telescope
Kellner wide field eyepices with comfortable viewing position
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The svbony 40 mm 2 inch eyepiece is suitable and reliable and fits well with your daily usage. The 72 Degree wide field eyepieces are optimized to produce high contrast. It comes with a removable and foldable soft silicone rubber eyecup for the comfort of the observer. There is *very* minor chroma near the edge of the field (outer 15%) but the center view is stunning.
The length of the rubber eyecup is 10mm, and the eye relief is 24mm. It is equipped with a detachable and collapsible soft silicone eye cup for long-term observation. It's a great Halloween birthday christmas gift.
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The pentax 40 mm 2 inch eyepiece should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. The R is the perfect eyepiece for viewing the nebula, planets and exploring the night sky. It features an extra-wide 70 additionally to the xw. It features a light-shielding diaphragm at the most effective position to drastically reduce internal reflections for a brighter, higher-contrast image. It works well to block extaneous light.
Each eyepiece is NOT the same exact design,they have different number of elements and configuration based on what is optimal for each focal length. It comes with a wide range of magnifications to choose from, the xw series accommodates a wide range of both casual and specialized applications.
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If you often find yourself scrambling for appropriate and satisfactory eyepiece, astromania 40 mm 2 inch eyepiece is your end point. These eyepieces provide you with a range of 9 focal lengths. They decide whether you can see the fine spiral arms of m51, and be able to make out a minor planet that is right at the telescope's performance limit. It comes equipped with a soft rubber eyecup.
It comes with long focal length telescopes, so there is little choice if you want low magnification. The low magnification means this eyepiece is also great for locating faint objects. It comes with 21mm of eye relief, and the eyepiece provides extremely comfortable viewing.