Barlows and Eyepieces

[Tom Summers (Tom)]

I am new to the hobby and had bought a Kelner 25 mm 1.25 inch eyepiece which was described in a four letter word by one of my club members. I was thinking to buy a Tele Vue 2 x barlow 1.25 inch retailing at $125.00. Does anyone have an opinion on my choice be it four lettered or not. As can be seen the choice of items to buy can get a bit overwhelming. And I cannot see how the likes of Bintel etc. can allow you to try before you buy.
Regards,
Tom Summers

[slippo74 (Cristiano)]

Hi Tom, not sure how much my opinion can help as I'm knew in Astronomy too. However I got my TeleVue 2x and I found it a reliable option when you want to increase the view. Honestly all my eyepieces are Bintel's brand (32/26mm 2", 25/15/6mm 1.25") as at the moment I don't think to invest in expensive accessories since I've just started to watch the night sky. I believe I will not notice any difference with more quoted EPs considering the entry level Telescope. After all with a reasonable price I got my good view.

Then is up to you

Cheers, Cris

[PCH (Paul)]

Hi Tom,

welcome to IIS. Anything Televue will be fine. I have the same barlow myself as well as an assortment of TV plossls. These are all great eps and will be noticably better than the cheapies that usually come with a scope.

As you'll see, TV offer a huge range of different quality eps, all the way up to the legendary ethos range - which of course we all aspire to.

Cheers

[Astro78]

Hi Tom,

What's your current scope?

If the barlow is only to compliment the Kellner, I would delay the purchase until you have more ep's to use this with.

[Tom Summers (Tom)]

I have a 120 skywatcher f5 refractor. I have a lot of eyepieces borrowed from the club the best one being a 6mm Plossl. I have gone ahead and bought the Barlow along with a TV 20mm EP. I will see how all this goes before going upwards. Thank you to all who advised

[Astro78]

Top quality gear you've got yourself - enjoy