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Originally Posted by bmitchell82
okay this is where i will step in and put my 1 dollars worth in. unless they are chucking in 2 extra eye peices for nothing don't bother with the 6mm.. this is why.
They 2x barlow will make your 15mm 7.5 and your 25 a 12.5 all you will be doing by buying the 6mm is doubling up. By all means get the wide field, thats a smart buy.
Plus Pascal in perth it will be virtually pointless, the light pollution is horrendus! I have to drive to bakers hill to pick my son up and the difference in stars from perth to bakers hill is phenomenal!
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Good point , only get the 6mm if you want to max out your magnification with the barlow for viewing the moon , maybe Mars and splitting close doubles and triples. (it will become a 3mm with the barlow , but you'll need very good seeing condition (still clear skies) to benefit.
The better investment in my view would be a 1.25" LPF or UHC-L filter (costs about the $100 or there about I think = I use 2" bandcut filters which are more pricey) , you never regret getting a pollution filter (visually or photographically in my opinion).
LPF = light pollution filter (cuts down on sodium and mercury emission from lights , and on ionized oxygen emission in the atmosphere).