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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrankD" data-source="post: 1581138" data-attributes="member: 18544">Gwen,I had this scope for a month or two back at the end of spring/beginning of summer. Don't dismiss the zoom eyepiece that comes with it. It is actually a Baader Hyperion clone with an extremely wide angle field of view for a zoom.On the other hand it does accept standard 1.25 inch eyepieces with the understanding that there isn't a "lock down" collar so toting the scope around with anything but the zoom eyepiece requires a bit of extra care....else the eyepiece falls out.My personal favorite low power eyepiece, at any price, would be the Pentax XW 20 mm ($330). The Baader Hyperion 21 mm ($120) is very close to the Pentax optically with just a bit more field curvature around the edges and just a hair more CA in that field curvature. I would certainly recommend it.Others I have tried in that same focal length that I would recommend would be the William Optics SWAN, Meade 5000 series Plossl and the Knight Owl EWA series. Prices for the first two were in the $60-$90 range while the Knight Owl was down at about $35.Hope this helps.</blockquote>