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Originally Posted by janoskiss
Antares used to have a 1.6x 2" barlow.
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I have had one of these for about 15 years. It's a very high quality Japanese made barlow. Unfortunately it uses set screws instead of a compression ring. I fixed that by re tapping and using 4mm nylon set screws.
While Sky Instruments in Canada (Antares Optical) has closed down there are still a few dealers in the USA with stock of these for about $US90.
If this is the sort of thing you are after you won't do any better quality wise. I also have a 1.8x 1.25" Televue barlow which I have had for over 20 years and it's pretty good too.
That all having been said the 2x TV powermate sees more use than the other too but it might be different if I didnt have most eyepiece focal lengths covered with native eyepieces. The 31mm Nagler T5 works exceptionally well in the 1.6x Antares for about a 19mm eyepiece.
Cheers
John B