Are Baader Hyperion eyepieces good?
5.0 out of 5 stars Great eyepiece. Great eyepiece. Baader Planetarium’s Hyperion eyepieces are arguably the best bang for the buck in wide field telescope eyepieces. At more than half the price of premium Televue eyepieces with similar fields of view, there is not a noticeable different in performance.
Which Baader Hyperion is best?
The 17mm Hyperion is largely regarded as the best eyepiece in the set, with some calling it a “poor man’s 17.3mm Delos”, as it has a similar field of view, focal length, and nearly as good performance as said eyepiece (the 17.3mm Delos is regarded as one of the weaker eyepieces in its family, however).
What are the features of a Baader Hyperion eyepiece?
The Baader Hyperions are described as being modular eyepieces and incorporate a number of thoughtful features and options which add much to their flexibility. This includes the Hyperion Fine Tuning Rings which can be used in various combinations to deliver a much wider range of effective focal lengths – a feature which works remarkably well.
Can a Baader Hyperion be used as a diascope?
Due to the wealth of functions, there is the Baader Hyperion eyepieces own, 6-page instruction manual to explain the variety of connection options of cameras and all the possibilities of the focal length fine tuning. The Hyperion fixed focal length eyepieces are also at Zeiss Diascope spotting scopes can be used.
What’s the difference between Vixen LVW and Baader Hyperion?
Vixen LVW vs Baader Hyperion Eyepieces. Introduction. For the past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to compare a number of Baader Hyperion eyepieces with their equivalents from the Vixen LVW range. The Hyperions are made in China whereas the LVWs are of Japanese manufacture and retail for roughly twice as much as the Hyperions.
How big is a 3.5mm Hyperion eyepiece?
The market for 3.5mm-eyepieces is not very large, and the 5mm Hyperion combined with the Finetuning rings gives a more than competitive image at similar focal lengths – 4mm focal length with the 14mm Finetuning ring or 3.2mm with the 28mm Finetuning ring.