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TeleVue Radian 14mm

   
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$239.00
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See why others are changing over to the Radian as their eyepiece of choice for planetary observing.

 

The eyepieces employ the "instajust" eyeguard - "instadjust" was developed for maximising contrast while aiding in proper eye positioning for non-eyeglass wearers. It is essential, since with the Radian's long eye-relief, non-eyeglass wearers could easily get too close to the eyepiece, resulting in vignetting where edge field rays miss your pupil. The push-pull, click-stop adjustment permits fast positioning and maximum suppression of environmental stray light.

 

Radians excel for comfortable viewing at the higher powers needed to study planetary and lunar detail as well as compact deep-sky objects. Their six- to seven-element lens design exhibits the renowned TeleVue quality, providing flat, sharp images over the entire 60° apparent field. Radians are fully multi-coated for superior light transmission, and all are parfocal, eliminating the need to refocus after switching eyepieces.



Al Nagler had this to say about the philosophy behind Radian eyepieces

 

"As the hobbyist population ages (along with me), more amateurs need eyeglasses. It was time to adjust the mix of parameters for observers who require or prefer long eye-relief.

Under the framework of the "Nagler" design, the new field was set at 60° with a uniform 20mm eye-relief.

Optimizing this new design with fully multicoated exotic glasses, we reached our new goal of full field sharpness with true orthoscopic linearity, highest contrast for critical planetary viewing and compact size.

 

The size and weight blend also makes the Radian preferable for small instruments and bino-viewers, and allows the convenience of being parfocal with other 1¼" Tele Vue eyepieces."

Focal length:                    14mm
Barrel Diameter:             31.7mm (1.25")
Apparent Field:                60°
Eye relief:                          20mm
Field Stop Diameter:      14.9mm
Lens elements/groups: 6/4
Weight:                              225g