Omegon Super Plössl 56 mm Eyepiece (2 inch)

Omegon Super Plössl 56mm Eyepiece (2 inch): Maximum Field of View for Long Telescopes

The Omegon Super Plössl 56mm is the overview eyepiece for telescopes with a long focal length. The combination of the 2-inch mount and the extremely long focal length delivers the lowest magnification and the largest true field of view that such telescopes can show.

On a Schmidt-Cassegrain with a 2000 mm focal length, 56 mm provides a magnification of 36x and a true field of view of approximately 1.5 degrees: three full moons side by side.

Who is this eyepiece intended for?

Owners of a Schmidt-Cassegrain, Maksutov, or Ritchey-Chrétien telescope will encounter the limits of their long focal length at low magnification. This eyepiece solves that problem: it turns a long telescope into a wide-field viewer for star fields, the Andromeda Galaxy, or the Veil Nebula.

It's also strong as a finderscope: at low magnification, you can locate faint objects faster and then switch to a shorter focal length.

Optics and visual comfort

The four-element design maintains high light transmission, with multicoating on every air-to-glass transition and blackened lens edges for a velvety black background. Edge sharpness is high, and color aberrations are hardly found.

With an interpupillary distance of 21 mm, you can view comfortably, even with glasses. The rubber eyecup blocks stray light from the sides.

Featured accessories

Combine it with an Omegon 2-inch moon filter to dim the bright moon, or use this eyepiece as a steady wide-field companion to a shorter focal length planet scope from the Super Plössl series.

For whom yes and for whom no

• ✓ Owners of long focal length telescopes (SC, Maksutov, RC) who finally want an overview
• ✓ Deep-sky observers who want to fully image large objects
• ✓ Spectacle wearers, thanks to the 21mm eye relief
• Telescopes with only a 1.25-inch eyepiece holder
• ✗ Fast telescopes below approximately f/5: the exit pupil becomes larger than your eye can utilize

Specifications

You can find more accessories for this merk at the Omegon merk Page.