02-15-08 Burgess Optical announced previously that the Planetary eyepieces are being redesigned with improvements to the housing. The changes include treatment of the inside the eyepiece housing to avoid any internal reflections, improved coatings on the optical elements, and different anodizing on the outside of the eyepieces. One readily apparent change will be the replacement of the chrome barrel with a black anodized barrel with a wedge-type undercut, such as used on the Paragon eyepiece.

Burgess Optical is selling an interim version of the Planetary eyepieces. Thes interim version eyepieces will include all the improvements, but they will still have the original chrome barrel. Anyone wishing to fill out their set of Planetary eyepieces with matching eyepieces will be able to purchase the interim version as they become available over the next few months. After all the interim version eyepieces are sold, only the new version with the black anodized barrel will be available.