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Adapting 1.25" Astronomy Eyepieces to the Nikon ED50
The ring adapters I made in Feb of 2017 and mentioned in post 14 of this thread are all claimed, so I will no longer be able to fill requests to send one. I hope those who received the little rings have been able to put them to good use adapting astronomy eyepieces to the ED50 - Bill. -
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Adapting 1.25" Astronomy Eyepieces to the Nikon ED50
High Power Adaptable Eyepiece – On Sale! While I enjoy carrying the featherweight Nikon ED50 while hiking and normally keep the wide field, low power 20mm SWA eyepiece on the scope, occasionally views and conditions along the trail call for the maximum power possible in this small spotter. As... -
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Adapting 1.25" Astronomy Eyepieces to the Nikon ED50
Special offer while they last - Eyepiece adapters as described in post 1. My wife and I used the little Nikon ED50 scope while hiking in the Rockies last summer and remain enthusiastic about the adapted eyepieces as described in this thread. The Surplus Shed 1.25” anodized barrels to make the... -
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Adapting 1.25" Astronomy Eyepieces to the Nikon ED50
Small Update to Original Post: Last spring the optics company Explore Scientific had a sale and offered some of their eyepieces at discounted prices. I bought a 16 mm FL eyepiece of their 68˚Afov type. It has a 1.25" barrel. I bought it for astronomical use, but just today noticed that if the... -
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Adapting 1.25" Astronomy Eyepieces to the Nikon ED50
Easily adapted VERY low cost 28X eyepiece for Nikon ED50 The Vite Aspheric 10 mm eyepiece has an Afov of 62˚ and is one of a series of three focal lengths (23, 10, and 4 mm) that inspired a 400 post thread on the Cloudy Nights Astronomy site beginning last June, 2015. See here... -
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Adapting 1.25" Astronomy Eyepieces to the Nikon ED50
Owners of the little Nikon ED50 spotting scope who want wider fields than zoom eyepieces provide and do not have a full assortment of the hard-to-find Nikon wide field fixed focal length eyepieces may want to adapt astronomy eyepieces to their scope. An excellent post suggesting this was made by...