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I use the nosepiece from a vintage Meade 4000 #140 APO 2x Barlow screwed into the front of the Arcturus nosepiece for exactly 3x. They come up fairly often on astro classifieds over here for $40. I have no trouble reaching focus even with a low profile focuser. The views are sharp and high contrast. Most, if not all, versions were made in Japan. Another vintage option are the Celestron Ultima/Orion Ultrascopic/Parks Gold Series 2x shorty Barlows. I picked up a copy of the Parks GS second hand and use it as is. It works out to about the same magnification and seems just as sharp and contrasty as the Meade. They're a bit more expensive than the Meade in the used market, but the Parks tend to go for less because folks don't know they're the same as the Ultima/Ultrascopic. There's even the Antares 3 element APO version found mostly in Canada. In Europe, it was sold as the Baader Triplet 2x. I don't know what brand they were sold under in the UK. All brandings of it were made in Japan. I don't know how well the newer Taiwanese and Chinese made Barlows with detachable nosepieces work with BVs. There are certainly high end Barlows that would probably work well, but I'm trying to keep the price around $40 to $60 while maintaining premium level quality. -
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By Mark - Coventry · Posted
Looks like two problems rather than one from the Cloudy Nights discussion. I will probably stay away from bright stars until I can afford to fix one or both of these issues! The following night I got some time on M1 with no such artefacts visible. The internal reflections have me a little stumped in fact as I have flocked all possible surfaces. I love my newtonian but maybe a refractor might prove easier to work with on bright objects.
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Hi· 0 replies
I have a Tal 1 reflector on its equatorial mount. It's a good quality beginner scope, loads of info on this site about them. Aperture is 110mm f/l is 800mm. It comes with two eyepieces and a barlow. It is well collimated as far as I can tell, the views of Jupiter are certainly as good as my Tal 100 refractor.
I acquired it for nothing, so you can have it for nothing too. But you'll have to collect from Watford, Herts.
If you're not interested in coming that far, no problem, I understand, and good luck in your search. If you are interested, I can email you some photos before you make the journey.
Regards
Roy
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