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hi all which barlow do you recommend
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I have a Coronado Cemax barlow and a Celestron barlow. 2x. Both work well.


Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
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alessbonsai wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:55 pm hi all which barlow do you recommend
thank you
For what?????

WL, Ha, CaK, Mg, He?

What scope? Visual / imaging?

More info would help!


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WL, Ha,
refractor 70mm/100mm
imaging


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What camera are you using?


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asi120mm asi1600mm


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WL, Ha,
refractor 70mm/100mm
imaging
asi120mm asi1600mm
I was having a look at the barlow TV but I read in the forum posts that someone has problems with a central reflection.
maybe I have to orient myself on cheaper barlows?
do you have any model you prefer and have you tried?


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I have a Celestron 2x Barlow Ultima that is very good, a 3x Televue Barlow which is excellent and also a Astro Engineering AC555 magnimax 1.6x threaded Barlow which is brilliant.

My 2.5x Televue Powermate is rubbish.

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I use a 2x cemax barlow, a 2x and 3x skywatcher barlow which are all good.


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