How to Use eyepiece in a Sentence

eyepiece

noun
  • That’s the size of the scope’s bell—the end opposite the eyepiece—and the bigger the number, the bigger the bell.
    T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Try to keep your eye plugged to the eyepiece for at least 10 minutes at a time.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 June 2019
  • Try to keep your eye plugged to the eyepiece for at least 10 minutes at a time.
    Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2017
  • The amount of light that exits the scope at the eyepiece depends on the power level.
    Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Those phases are more than just a lovely sight at the eyepiece.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 June 2023
  • It was outfitted with a filter so guests could view the Sun through the eyepiece.
    Linda G. Kramer, cleveland.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • The eyepiece then magnifies the light and straightens out the image for the viewer.
    Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
  • Next, close your left eye, and use the adjuster on the right eyepiece (diopter) to again bring things into focus.
    Daisy Kelly, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2021
  • So, through a telescope eyepiece, the horsehead appears dim, small, and a bit washed out.
    Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The PlayStation VR, which suspends the eyepiece housing just in front of the eyes, remains the comfort champ.
    Kyle Orland and Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2018
  • As for cameras, experts advise putting a piece of tape over the eyepiece.
    Lee Roop, AL.com, 23 June 2017
  • Through an eyepiece like a gunsight, the transmission man kept the massive dome of the Capitol right on the cross-hairs.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2021
  • For half a century, Bud Dorsey has kept an eye on life in Louisville through the eyepiece on a camera.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Take multiple photos of the eyepiece and choose the photo that has the best focus.
    Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
  • A soldier can aim his or her carbine downrange and the live feed from the night vision sight appears in the eyepiece's field of view.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2017
  • Leaving the front lens unfiltered will simply focus all of the light on the eyepiece lens, burn the filter there and risk your eyes.
    Lee Roop, AL.com, 23 June 2017
  • Since 1993, Space Shuttle crews have made four more servicing missions to this eyepiece on the stars.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2021
  • From the eyepiece of the camera, Alpert talks with his subjects; in the film’s more playful moments, some seem to be performing for the camera.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The idea of a powerful telescope that doesn’t even have an eyepiece is interesting, to say the least.
    Zach Epstein, BGR, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The large eyepiece diameter offers a wider field of view as well.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 19 May 2021
  • Then while Carlos was looking through the camera eyepiece Gerald swung his neck and hit him against his head.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2018
  • This is an addition that can project an image from the telescope, through the eyepiece, through a funnel and onto a screen.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • Using low powers to sweep them up is a good idea because your eyepiece will cover more sky ground.
    Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Oct. 2019
  • These colours are obvious to the naked eye and more so through the eyepiece of a telescope, but are difficult to capture in an image.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Time, 4 Apr. 2017
  • Made with layered fake ivy leaves and dainty green sequins (and glued on with skin-safe adhesive), this eyepiece is bound to turn heads.
    Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Although the eyepieces were worn by soldiers on both sides, the German High Command played the biggest part in reviving them.
    Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Comes with two eyepieces and a 3x Barlow lens, which can triple the power of each eyepiece for a wide range of magnifications.
    Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Eye relief: Measured in millimeters, this is the ideal distance between the optical lens (the lens in the eyepiece) and your eyes.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
  • The Orion Nebula This is simply wondrous through the eyepiece of your telescope.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
  • First, make sure your telescope and all of the eyepieces sit outside for at least a half-hour so the optics can acclimate to the outside temperature.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 July 2019

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