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Old 24-06-2012, 09:48 PM
Tosong (Daniel)
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Incheon, South Korea.
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New Barlow significantly reduces brightness

Hi,

I recently bought a 3 element barlow from skies unlimited. I used it last night and was quite disappointed with the performance. The main thing was that it really reduced the brightness and made it hard to focus. I tried looking at Saturn and it wouldn't even focus. I'm almost at the limit of my scopes power (225 with a limit of 250) is this because it's a lousy barlow or is it because of my scope?

Cheers,
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