Great report Dan, i'd love you to combine it with some pictures into a review for the
IceInSpace Reviews page!? It might be better after you've had it out a few more times too, to be able to tell if there are any defects, or whether it was just conditions etc.
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Teaming this up with barlow to give x155 has generally been a fraction too much magnification except in moments of good seeing. There is noticible softening of the image at this magnification but i suspect the poor coditions have also had something to do with this
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I'm sure the softening has more to do with the seeing than anything else. What's the focal length of that scope?
150-200x magnification is pretty normal for a high power eyepiece.. In my 10" (FL 1250mm), some nights the planets can be soft with my 9mm GSO plossl (139x). Other times I can barlow my 14mm to get 178x and still be sharp, but unless the seeing is really good, I rarely get the chance to barlow my 9mm (277x) because the image just goes soft and very unfocused looking - not sharp at all.
Thanks for the report, sounds like a nice scope with some nice accessories.