pendas Fen

Hi guys

I was wondering if any of you could recommend a descent Barlow lens for my Skywatcher Skymax 180 Pro.

I'm really not sure which are the best for price.?

Celestron 'Ultima', Televue and Tal barlows have received good reviews. You might also consider the Televue 'powermate' (which preserves your EP's eye relief) as an alternative to a traditional barlow.

- Pete.

I'll be buying my first scope in the next few months. I was already thinking about decent EPs so this post proved highly informative (most folk might agree with me that selecting/buying EPs is probably harder than selecting/buying a scope). I think a common mistake made by many newbies is the feeling that they need an 'armada' of EPs of different focal lengths, FOVs and optical types. In reality, I think most folk use only 2 or 3 EPs on a regular basis.

After some research (due, in part, to recommendations by Rod Mollise) I have shortlisted the following EPs for an 8" f/10 SCT:

Televue panoptic 24 mm, 68 deg apv, 85x

William Optics uwan 16 mm, 82 deg apv, 127x

University Optics abbe orthtoscopic 9 mm, ~47 deg apv, 226x

- Pete