Description If you want to bask in the beauty of a faint deep sky object, a dark sky is ideal. But when you’re searching for a lost lens cap at the end of the night, that same dark sky can quickly become your nemesis. When you need a replacement or a spare, these push-on lens […]
Description ED Carbon Fiber Series and Comet Hunter Lens Caps If you want to bask in the beauty of a faint deep sky object, a dark sky is ideal. But when you’re searching for a lost lens cap at the end of the night, that same dark sky can quickly become your nemesis. When you […]
Description ED Carbon Fiber Series and Comet Hunter Lens Caps If you want to bask in the beauty of a faint deep sky object, a dark sky is ideal. But when you’re searching for a lost lens cap at the end of the night, that same dark sky can quickly become your nemesis. When you […]
NOTE: All Explore Scientific Solar Equipment is rated ISO12312–2, manufactured by American Paper Optics, LLC and Approved for Direct Observation of the Sun Description Watch the Annular Eclipse Event on October 14th, 2023 in safety, comfort, and style. Made with an advanced impregnated polymer filter material. These safe solar filtered solar viewing glasses are the […]
Description Using advanced computer design, combinations of low dispersion and high refractive index optical glasses, and durable multilayer deposition coatings, Explore Scientific 68° Series Argon-Purged Waterproof extreme wide field eyepieces are optimized to produce high contrast, high resolution, and superior flat field characteristics. The visual effect of these eyepieces with their long eye-relief and their […]
Description Using advanced computer design, combinations of low dispersion and high refractive index optical glasses, and durable multilayer deposition coatings, Explore Scientific 68° Series Argon-Purged Waterproof extreme wide field eyepieces are optimized to produce high contrast, high resolution, and superior flat field characteristics. The visual effect of these eyepieces with their long eye-relief and their […]
Description The Explore Scientific 4.7mm 82 ° Series Argon-Purged Waterproof Eyepiece is used when very high magnifications are desired. Watch the video on this page below starting at 5:28 where we describe the benefits and conditions that are required to use your telescope at high magnifying power for planetary and double star observations, and for […]
Description The 6.7mm 82 degree eyepiece is great for planetary detail, and does not require the perfect seeing conditions needed for higher magnifications. When using this eyepiece with big refractors, it will often be the ultimate eyepiece under normal viewing conditions. Messier 1, the Crab Nebula with our 152mm telescope will astound you. If this […]
*Note that this is a discontinued product. This legacy information is for reference only. See our 8.5mm 82° Series LER Waterproof Eyepiece. Description The 8.8 mm focal length is perfect for observing objects that would benefit from higher magnifications, but that also require a bigger field of view. With our bigger refractor telescopes (127mm and […]
Description The 11mm 82° Series Waterproof Argon-Purged Eyepiece is a popular focal length in the upper-medium power magnification class providing both super-wide apparent field and generous eye relief. It is perfect for any application where more power is desired including observing globular star clusters, planetary nebulae, the bright cloud structure near the nucleus of comets, […]