Meade Series 5000 UHD eyepieces
THE AVAILABILITY OF MODERATELY priced, quality eyepieces continues to grow with the new Meade Instruments Series 5000 UHD eyepieces. Currently the line includes four models that fit 1¼-inch focusers and have focal lengths of 10 mm (priced at US$120), 15 and 18 mm (US$140 each) and 24 mm (US$200). There’s also a 30-mm model (US$245) that’s made for 2-inch focusers. The latter eyepiece wasn’t available at the time we borrowed the other four for testing.
The UHD series features ‘flat field’ performance, which is a somewhat vague description for eyepieces, but most of us will translate that as an eyepiece showing quality star images across its entire field
