Paul rini barlow x5

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Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone had ever used a paul rini 5x barlow and if so, what your thoughts were on this barlow,

thanks very much,

Andy

ps If you use a big barlow like a x5, would your images be of lesser quality.

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Cant anyone help !!!! lol

[Merlin66]

Don't know about the Rini barlow.

A x5 is sometimes handy if you have a f5 scope - takes it up to f25 for imaging of the planets or hi-resolution imaging of the Sun and Moon. More suited for imaging than visual.

Really needs very steady seeing and good focus to give the best results.

HTH

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Thanks merlin. I just saw one on ebay and was a bit curious about them.

Andy