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I would agree that barlows will not give you the planetary clarity that a good EP will. Case in point, last night I was observing first Jupiter, and later in the am Saturn and Mars through my 16" dob. My 11mm TV Nagler was giving outstanding definition and clarity but stick a barlow in front of it (and I tried two 2x barlows, one farily expensive one) and the image deteriorated substantially. I used a Bintel 2" ED 2x barlow and an Orion Shorty 2x. So go with good EPs IMHO.
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