Meade Series 4000 1.25" Super Plossl Eyepiece - 9.7mm # 07171-02

4.0 Meade Series 4000 1.25" Super Plossl Eyepiece - 9.7mm # 07171-02

I purchased this eyepiece expecting a great increase in clarity over my basic eyepiece of the same power. Since it was on sale, I decided to pull the trigger. However, I could not say the view improved that much that you could tell a significate difference, I will confess that I have a basic 80mm Celestron refractor. The view may show more improvement with a better scope. I did seem to show more of the imperfections of the primary lens so that seemed to limit the amount of improvement expected from the eyepiece. Agena AstroProducts did a great job filling the order and also provided a free case for it.​

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5.0 Good quality eyepiece

Strong Construction,Easy to Use,Quality Lenses,Compact,Accurate

This eyepiece will give you the highest accuracy and precision according to its price. Shipping and handling also are superb. I can highly recommend for beginners and also professionals who is making a DIY telescope.

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4.0 Great inexpensive upgrade eyepiece

Accurate,Strong Construction,Easy to Use,Lightweight,Compact,Quality Lenses

This eyepiece is a great inexpensive upgrade to the cheapo eyepieces that came with my Celestron Firstscope. It gives me 31x magnification and nice views of the Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Moon. Eye relief OK, for people who don't need glasses. This is a good companion eyepiece to go with the Meade 4000 20mm Plossl, if you're on a budget but still want good quality.

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5.0 Meade 9.7mm Eyepiece

Lightweight,Accurate,Easy to Use,Strong Construction,Compact,Quality Lenses

I bought this eyepiece to replace some poor eyepieces that came with a 4" refractor I was giving to a young person for a Christmas gift. I tested the eyepiece on the telescope before giving it to him. The view was excellent.

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4.0 Good all-around eyepiece.

Good price (when purchased as a set), universal use with quality coatings.

Could use better eye relief.

I acquired this eyepiece in the Series 4000 set. This is a good all-around eyepiece. I wear glasses and remove them and adjust the focus due to the eye relief. I get good planetary views with my refractor and good DSO views with my reflector and this eyepiece. Image is above average across the whole FOV. I would not recommend purchasing this eyepiece solo for the price, but as part of the Series 4000 set, the price is decent.

This is a good all-around eyepiece with a good price (when part of the set). Works well for plantery, DSO and lunar viewing. Definitely better than the eyepieces that usually come with a scope.

1.0 Meade Super Plossl Series 4000 9.7mm

Can be found sometimes on the cheap

Eye relief terrible, Chinese/Taiwan models poorly made.

Included in the eyepiece set I got from Meade for $99 (with the purchase of a new LX90) was this plossl 9.7mm. But what a disappointment it was! Eye relief was almost as terrible as the 6.4mm eyepiece. Stats are: FOV 49 degrees (I doubt it but I can't tell for sure), eye relief 4mm, 4 glass elements and the weight is 0.2 lbs.

Since I sold them some time ago I've found out that if you are very lucky and can acquire some of these made in Japan, and not the Chinese/Taiwan made plossls, they might be keepers. I've not had the luck of looking through any of the Japanese models, but these Chinese/Taiwan plossls are not worth the money. Cost new is $80. The views in my LX-90 f/10 SCT were poor. The viewing had to be almost perfect to realize a good view. The only good thing about this eyepiece was to have some value in trading them away for some Televue plossls that I still have today. Some of the plossls in the case were decent but I'll review them in their own review.