← 14′ → true field
52° apparent field
Apertura Plössl 9mm
Selected by Skynocular
Excellent fit· Apertura Plössl 9mm on the Celestron NexStar 8SE
Why this eyepiece?
- ✓Brings out more structure in the ring structure
- ✓Still holds the ring with dark sky inside the field
Tradeoffs
- –Dims at this power, making faint detail harder to see
Small but bright — a perfect smoke ring at 100–200×. A stellar remnant 2,300 light-years away.