Al Nagler has taken the wide field concept and brought Nagler-like performance down to the 60°+ class of eyepiece. The result is the Panoptic, a sharp, wide field eyepiece that has kept size, weight, and cost down, whilst improving performance right to the edge of the field.
Specifications : Tele Vue Panoptic 19mm
Focal length |
19mm |
Barrel Diameter |
31.7mm (1.25″) |
Apparent Field: |
68° |
Eye relief |
13mm |
Field Stop Diameter |
21.3mm |
Lens elements/grouping |
6/4 |
Weight |
180g |
Review
An excellent premium-quality medium power wide field eyepiece. It is an excellent eyepiece for resolving globular clusters, planetary nebulae and very good for galaxies.
The 19mm Panoptic would be a welcome addition to any serious deep space observer’s eyepiece collection.
It only has 10mm of eye relief so eyeglass wearers may consider the 18mm TeleVue Radian with it’s 20mm eye relief. However the Panoptic provides a 30% larger field of view than 18mm Radians.
Check out the rest of the Panoptic range.