C14 Observing

[Radar]

A couple of things I have noticed.

My 13mm ethos seems to give me brighter images than my 40mm Celestron eyepiece. How is this possible, anyone?

Filters don't enhance objects as much as they used to - meaning, the objects are bright enough that filters don't really make much difference. I'm finding I don't need filters as much. On the tarantula the difference with a filter is huge, but many other objects don't seem to change at all.

I live in very light polluted skies and find myself using the C14 with no filters most of the time. I guess aperture is winning the war here.

Also, my losmandy G11 seems to track smoother and more accurate with the C14 than it did with my 8" LX50. I think the weight has somehow damped out any gears errors (or something to that effect).

I guess everything above is a bonus.

Ray

[Warthog]

I'm thinking very hard about the first question there, and all I can think is that the coatings in the ethos may be so superior that they let more light through than the Celestron. That's unlikely though. May be a psychological effect caused by the superior FOV and your delight at owning an ethos. It could be that the naked eye is an unreliable measuring instrument when shifting between eps.

[Radar]

I think what it is, is that the higher power eyepieces give me a darker sky background, so the contrast is greater, making stars appear brighter.

Ray