New premium optics on the way - Tele Vue announces Nagler Type 7 Eyepieces

The team at BINTEL were delighted at the announcement a few days ago that Tele Vue are releasing their newest eyepiece range, the Nagler Type 7.

We've been selling Tele Vue eyepieces, mounts and telescopes for decades and have always been impressed with the quality of their gear. We regard their eyepieces especially as the best money can buy.

The new Nagler Type 7 is a further development of Tele Vue's special edition Apollo 11mm Eyepiece.

(The company's founder Al Nagler was heavily involved in NASA's Apollo program that took humans to the Moon and he designed the optical systems the Lunar astronauts used in their training systems.)

A Tele Vue Apollo 11mm eyepiece on display at the BINTEL store in Sydney - and no, we won't sell it...

The Nagler Type 7 is also an extension of the long running Nagler Type 4 eyepieces, with improvements on comfort, which will be welcomed especially by eyeglass wearers, with a long, 19mm eye relief. (Eye relief is how far away the image is formed from the eyepiece.) 

There is a lockable eye guard on the Nagler Type 7 for those don't observe with glasses, blocking stray light and keeping you at the best distance when viewing. 

Tele Vue Nagler Type 7 eyepieces from left: 19, 14, 9, and 5.5-mm.

Special optical coatings across the range are standard along with internal baffling to further increase contrast and add to the pin point star images and bright colours already seen in other Tele Vue eyepieces.

Tele Vue Nagler Type 4 eyepieces were famous for the "space walk experience" they produce. With such an expansive view and the image remaining crisp and ultra sharp right out the edge, you really get the sense of being out among the stars. The even larger eyelens - the glass facing the observer - and wide field of view will make observing through these new eyepieces an even more memorable event.

We know there's a large number astronomers in Australia who are big Tele Vue Nagler fans and will be looking forward to trying the new Type 7 eyepices.

BINTEL will have pricing and availability from Tele Vue in a little while and we'll be announcing local prices when we do.  

Cheers,

Earl White 

BINTEL 

12th February 2025