Reddit reviews Gosky Telescope 1.25" Plossl Eyepiece Kit Plossl Eyepiece 6/12.5/20mm - 52 Degree FOV and 4-Element Design …
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The 1.25" Plossl Eyepiece series is designed as high quality eyepieces for planetary viewing and daytime observation .4 -element premium symmetrical Plossl optical design52 Degree Field of View (FOV) supplys you a wide view.Comfortable eye relief and extendable twist-up eyepieces are easier and more comfortable, especially for eyeglass wearers.Soft rubber eye guard that's custom fitted with a bayonet mount and brings convenience to glasses wearers.
Hello, the 70AZ (with new mount) isn't bad, it's a nice small refractor, but of course it's limited to it's aperture :-) Sometimes you can find a used 114/900 (Not 114/1000) but that requires you to build a simple and sturdy rockerbox-mount to replace the weak kit-mount.
The cheapest good eyepieces are Plössl. You need at least two or three (overview, planets, in-between).
Overview: 32mm Plössl, largest overview, $20 China, $30 USA
Planets: 6mm gold-line $18 China, $39 USA. Plössl is cheaper, but under 10mm they have very short eye-relief. $10-$20 barlows work too but reduce the contrast. 5mm eyepieces will push you into over-magnification, the image will start to get dimmer, duller, not really gaining anything. 140x or above is tempting, but a 70mm aperture is the bottle-neck.
in-between: 15mm. Plössl $10-$20, Gold-line $25-$40.
So that's almost $50 or more. Together with the telescope that's awefully close to a new $120 Dazzle 4.5 for example, that will show more in the long run.
On a tight budget, you can get eyepiece kits for under $20. These are basically those cheap plastic-y eyepieces you'll find in most department store telescope sets: Huygens and Kellner eyepieces (old design), 20mm, 12.5mm, 6 or 4mm. Yes, they work. But field of view, eye-relief, contrast and overall quality leave much to be desired.
Caution: Not great. Requires a 0.965"-1.25" adapter.
For $40 you can get a Plössl-type eyepiece-set, and while not ideal, it's better than the cheap one above. https://www.amazon.com/Gosky-12-5mm-1-25inch-Telescope-Eyepiece/dp/B00ZNJO8OC/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1501412314&sr=1-2&keywords=eyepiece+12.5
700mm field of view simulation http://blog.pixelgiraffe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/field700mm.png
Do you have a finder on the telescope?
I've found this set I've been looking at, would it be any good? It has 6mm, 12.5mm and a 20mm.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00ZNJO8OC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519800531&sr=8-2-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=eyepiece%2Bset&psc=1&th=1