S & T Test Report Rod Mollise Space-Walking with the Meade MWAs ROD MOLLISE These new 100 ° eyepieces offer users vast fields and good ergonomics. I'm addicted to that "space walking" experience - observing the sky through ultra-wide-angle eyepieces with large apparent fields of view (AFOV). When I'm using a large AFOV eyepiece, it's like I'm floating in space with no telescope between me and the sky. The field circle in the eyepiece is huge and the view much more absorbing than in an ocular with a narrower apparent field. Expressed in degrees, AFOV 58 August 2016 sky & telescope also determines how much actual sky, how much "true field," is shown. I began my love affair with large AFOV oculars in the early 1990s after I got a look through a Tele Vue Nagler eyepiece. Its 82° apparent field forever spoiled my 55° Plössls for me. About seven years ago, things got even more serious when 100° eyepiece designs entered the market. Suddenly, the 82° eyepieces I loved didn't seem as The Mega Wide Eyepieces each feature a vast apparent field of view in a comfortable housing that does not interfere with your eye placement.