Meade - 40mm Super Plossl Series 4000 Eyepiece

• This Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepiece has a 40mm focal length presented in a 1.25" format.
  
  
• It excels at large open star clusters and extended nebulae - as well as framing many deep space objects against background stars. A real performer as a "sweeper" eyepiece for locating objects!
  
  
• This Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepiece offers a 44º apparent field of view with 17mm of eye relief.
  
  
• Operates well in conjunction with a wide variety of Barlow lenses.
  
  
• Featuring a fold down rubber eyeguard for comfortable viewing, the Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepiece offers great image contrast, color correction and sharpness.
  
  
• Includes dust-proof, threaded bolt case for safe long-term storage.

 

Meade 40mm Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepiece

Designed to utilize the very latest in optical glass types, Meade 4-element Super Plössls are excellent general-purpose eyepieces. For observing hairline lunar and planetary detail, splitting close double stars, or for resolving faint nebulosity in deep-space, Meade Super Plössls optimize the performance of any telescope type, whether f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain, f/16 refractor, or f/4 reflector. They also operate well in conjunction with a wide variety of Barlow lenses.


Utilizing the very latest in optical glass types, the Series 4000 eyepieces represent an excellent general-purpose eyepiece. Engineered with a high quality 4-element design and offering a generous 52° apparent field of view, the eyepiece uses premium grade optical glass with multi-layer coatings and blackened lens edges for great image sharpness and contrast. Eye relief is 30mm.

Features a precision made standard 1.25" barrel and fold down rubber eyeguard for comfortable viewing as well as blocking stray light. Parafocal with other eyepieces of this series to minimize the need to refocus when switching eyepieces

 

 

ncludes: Series 4000 SP 6.4mm, 9.7mm, 12.4mm, 15mm, 32mm, and 40mm eyepieces, #126 2x Barlow Lens, Series 4000 Color Filter Set # 1 (#12 Yellow, #23 Light Red, #58 Green, #80A Blue), Series 4000 ND96 Moon Filter, and Aluminum Carrying Case.

Super Plössls: Designed to utilize the very latest in optical glass types, Meade 4 -element Super Plössls are excellent general-purpose eyepieces. For observing hairline lunar and planetary detail, splitting close double stars, or for resolving faint nebulosity in deep-space, Meade Super Plössls optimize the performance of any telescope type, whether f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain, f/16 refractor, or f/4 reflector. They also operate well in conjunction with the air-spaced design of the Meade #140 2x Apochromatic Barlow. All focal lengths through 32mm are parfocal. The Super Plössl 56mm eyepiece with 2" O.D. barrel yields 36X and an actual field of view of 1.4° on an 8" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.