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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henry link" data-source="post: 1433389" data-attributes="member: 6806">Clay,Thanks for the reply. The eyepiece adapter I was proposing would allow Swarovski eyepieces to be used on astro scopes. The Swarovski adapter you mentioned does the opposite. I use both the old and new Swaro zooms and the 30x on my astronomical scopes. IMO, the 30x is one of the best wide field eyepieces available and I suspect the new wide field zoom would be of interest to astronomers too. Thanks for solving the mystery of the Meade/Swaro Zoom for me. I've wondered about that one for years. Results of my Kowa 883 tests are here:<a href="http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=125302" target="_blank">http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=125302</a>Going back and looking I see that the first scope I tested had worse resolution than I remembered, 1.47 arcsec, compromised by astigmatism and miscollimation. But even that figure would only be equaled by a cherry sample of a 80-82mm birding scope.Henry</blockquote>