Thread: Barlow advice?
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Old 07-01-2008, 09:36 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally Posted by doug mc View Post
Buy yourself the best quality shorty you can afford.You can fit focal extenders and boost its magnification range. Doug mc.
Doug,

Why would you recommend any shorty barlow over a full length barlow, unless it was a mechanical necessity to have a short barlow.

Notwithstanding the top grade shortys like the Celestron Ultima and the Orion Shorty Plus are good barlows and a quantum leap ahead of the cheap stuff, they cannot quite equal a full size barlow optically. This is pure physics due to the shorter focal length of the barlow.

Cheers,
John B
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