Meade UWA 8.8mm Made in Japan Eyepiece (Pre-owned)

While this is a pre-owned product, it is in excellent condition, and has no internal or external blemishes

The Meade UWA 8.8mm Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece (Made in Japan) is a high-quality eyepiece, prized by astronomers for its excellent optical performance and expansive field of view. This particular eyepiece is part of Meade’s renowned UWA (Ultra Wide Angle) series, offering a superb observing experience for both planetary and deep-sky viewing.

Key Features and Specifications:

1. Focal Length:

   • 8.8mm: The 8.8mm focal length is ideal for medium-to-high magnification, making it suitable for observing planets, the moon, star clusters, and nebulae with great clarity and detail.

2. Ultra Wide Field of View:

   • 82-Degree Apparent Field of View (AFOV): The eyepiece offers an ultra-wide 82° apparent field of view, providing a panoramic, immersive observing experience. This wide field allows you to take in more of the night sky without needing to constantly adjust the telescope's position.

3. Optical Design:

   • Premium Multi-Coated Optics: Made in Japan, this eyepiece features high-quality multi-coated lenses that ensure excellent light transmission, contrast, and sharpness. The coatings also help to reduce reflections and glare, providing bright and clear views.
   • 7-Element Design: The complex 7-element optical design enhances image sharpness across the entire field of view, reducing optical distortions like astigmatism and field curvature, ensuring a crisp and clear image edge-to-edge.

4. Eye Relief:

   • Comfortable Eye Relief: The eyepiece offers a comfortable amount of eye relief, typically around 12-15mm, allowing users, even those who wear eyeglasses, to enjoy the full field of view without straining their eyes.

5. 1.25" Barrel Size:

   • Standard 1.25" Barrel: This eyepiece fits standard 1.25" focusers and diagonals, making it compatible with a wide range of telescopes, from beginner scopes to high-end systems.

6. Build Quality:

   • Solid Construction: As with many eyepieces made in Japan, the build quality is excellent, with durable materials ensuring long-term performance and reliability. It typically features a rubber grip or knurled surface for easy handling, even in cold or dark conditions.
   • Parfocal Design: The UWA eyepieces in this series are parfocal, meaning little to no refocusing is needed when switching between eyepieces of different focal lengths within the same series, enhancing user convenience during observation.

7. Usage:

   • Versatile Observing: The 8.8mm focal length and wide field of view make it perfect for observing planets like Jupiter and Saturn, as well as deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies, with great detail.
   • Great for Dobsonians and SCTs: The wide field of view is especially beneficial for telescopes with narrow fields of view, such as Dobsonian reflectors or Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes (SCTs).