What is Reddit's opinion of Acouto 32mm Plossl Astronomy Telescope Eyepiece with 1.25'' Filter Thread?

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> having two mirrors that I believe have no purpose but are in the slot.

Sorry, could you rephrase that? I'm not sure what this means. As mrCloggy already described, the telescope has a small mirror in the front that reflects the light back to the focuser again. This system makes this particular type of telescope so compact.

> tried using the focus knob with no luck and only leads to a larger image resulting in a second issue

In the other direction, does it get smaller again? Or never quite reaches the smallest point and just gets bigger?

Does it have a diagonal? Does it have a barlow? Never use the barlow before the diagonal, then things like you describe can happen.

If the diagonal is missing, you can still focus, but you'll have to turn the focuser quite a bit to achieve focus.

If you really tinkered with the eyepiece and made it unusable, do not fear; You could get some decent eyepieces that don't break the bank.

Telescope: 90/1250

• Overview

  • 32mm Plössl type eyepiece, largest possible overview,
  • US $20, $17 China/eBay/Aliexress
  • ($11 for a 25mm)
  • US 1 CH 1/2?
  • 40mm Plössl just have a narrower afov, as the barrel/field-stop limits the maximum true field.

• Planets

  • While 180x is often stated as the maximum of a 90mm aperture, things will get very dim. So IMHO don't get a 7mm eyepiece. Rather get a 9mm. Things won't be quite as large, but it's more versatile and there's a good budget eyepiece for that focal length!
  • 9mm "gold line" (Orion Expanse clone) with 66° wide-angle afov.
  • $20 from China, $33 from Amazon.
  • (CH/CH/US)
  • A 8-9mm Plössl type would work too, is cheaper, but the short Plössl have very short eye-relief (around two thirds of their focal-length) so they get harder to observe with (comfortably... What makes a difference when trying to focus on observing!).

• One or two in-between, e.g. 15mm Plössl or gold-line.

Clear skies!