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Originally Posted by barx1963
I believe that the mirror in these is parabolic. I had a look at one of these and for what they are they are not too bad mechanically.
Have a play with it at low power and see what you can get, it will whet your appetite for more aperture and before you know it you will be shopping for a big dob!
Malcolm
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Malcolm, do you or anyone else think I should just concentrate on using various eyepieces (10mm-4mm) rather than worrying about Barlows at this stage? We are interested in viewing the moon (getting the best perspectives we can) and if possible-conditions permitting-planets until my son and I learn our way around the sky. We have just picked up a reasonable set of filters to assist with this. Do you have any advice for the best set up for this taking into account the limitations of our 130mm scope? Many thanks.