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In my opinion, you have been given sound advice wrt Barlow instead of a 6mm EP. Standard EP's are not bad, but they are not much chop either. The closer you get to the very short end of the EP scale, the bigger the problems of inexpensive EP's. I gather a BT202 is 200mm? If so you should not have any problems seeing Jupiter's bands or the Great Red Spot even on rather ordinary nights. Far be it from me to spend your money for you, but since Jupiter is such good viewing now, you could give her the Barlow (just 'cause you love her) and get her a nice wide field, 2" EP for Chrissy. Wide field EP's tend to be longer and therefore magnify far less, but they show alot of the sky at once and make you feel like you're swimming in space.
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