NGC 1499 California with 30 inch

Lots more detail in the larger scope: the swirls and streamers go on and on.

One eyepiece, the 25mm ES 100 deg, has an oversized exit pupil, which surprisingly does really well. The 1 deg FOV is simply wonderful.

The next eyepiece, the 21mm Ethos, fits my pupil 'just right', giving a little more detail but narrower field.

Finally the 3rd eyepiece, the Nikon 17mm 102 deg, gives much more detail but the cost in field is noticeable.

In contrast, the next eyepiece up, the 12mm Nikon 102 deg, gives more of a medium power view that makes the broader fainter detail harder to see, does not bring in more detail, so not a richest field eyepiece for this scope.

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Incredible sketch!