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Hi Tim
Congratulations on the scope. Seems like you have already leart the first lesson, high mags are not always better!
Your scope has a focal length of 1000mm so the EPs you have give the following powers
30mm 33x
25mm 40x
12mm 83x
9mm 111x
6.5mm 153x
I very rarely use more than 115x in my scope and do most of my observing at 44 or 67x. The odd times I look at planets I go higher and very occasionally with DSOs but conditions have to be good.
You already have a good range of powers. If you got a 2x barlow you will get
33x
40x
66x
80x
83x
111x
153x
166x
222x
306x
Realistically, you are not really gaining much andf a barlow puts more glass in the way which is never good. The 15mm will add 67x but you have 2 on either side. The UHC filter is not a bad idea, I use one occasionally to bring out detail in some brighter nebs and it does help, but the filter I use most is an OIII to assist with observing PNs.
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