AstroMuni

And that is what I am trying to make a start with 🙂 i.e buy a Barlow & decent Plossls. FYI, the finderscope was rubbish, so bought a Telrad and that has made it a breeze.

I have just the standard eyepieces that came with the scope - 10mm & 20mm celestron. I am hoping to be able to get better view of planets and moon to start with. My reading tells me that Barlow may not be as useful for DSO. Is that right?

Thanks John. I have read that these ES Focal extenders need longer in-travel of the focusser. Has anyone on this forum used the ES Focal extender with the Celestron 130EQ?

Hi, I am a newbie to astronomy and I have a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ (The scope is f/5 and accepts 1.25" eyepieces) which I had bought for my daughter but is now my hobby 🙂. I wish to buy a Barlow (perhaps a 2x?) that will stand by me long term. I have read reviews which say that Powermates are the best (but expensive) and many other reviews that suggest that the Omni, Celestron, BST barlows are good/great and this has confused me. I am not about to commit to the Powermate just yet, so looking for advice on which of these other barlows are worth investing in. So would be interested in your advice please.