Carolyn Porco

For me, it was my first cosmic connection, on par with a first kiss. No other planet looks as unworldly or surreal as Saturn. When you see it floating in the eyepiece of your telescope, you feel as if you've uncovered mystery in the cosmos.

American Scientist

Most common in scientific and educational contexts, especially related to microscopes and telescopes.

Scientific Usage

Implies physical closeness; you literally get close to it to see through it.

Physical Proximity

Suggests enhanced vision or magnification, an extension of the human eye's capabilities.

Enhanced Vision

 in front not in the eyepiece so the one of the most dangerous things that some people try is to wear one of the Eclipse glasses and look through a binocular without protection in front so that doesn't work the protection should be in

Eyepiece