

Many dimmer nebula will probably look better in 20-30mm (medium magnification, still a fairly large exit pupil of 2-3mm), 13mm is OK for many clusters and smaller nebula. 1.SkyView 2.SkySafari 3.Star Walk 2 Free 4.SkySafari 7 5.Stellarium 6.SkyEye 7.The Sky by Redshift. :-) The higher you magnify, the dimmer things get. 7 Best Astronomy/stargazing apps for android & iOS. Three or four eyepieces can go a long way. They have a longer eye-relief than short Plössl, and a nice large 66° apparent field of view (see first link above).Ħmm will result in 250x, which is a bit much for average seeing, but if it works, it's great for planets.

On a budget, the gold-line eyepieces are great ($18-$25 at Aliexpress, $25 at eBay, $35-$40 at Amazon). "Turn left at Orion", the missing manual (even with GoTo) :-)Īs /u/orlet pointed out, a 32mm Plössl is nice to have and shows a larger apparent field of view, but for now, the 40mm will work.
