Using a 2x Shorty Barlow on Baader Hyperion Zoom

[Dan Watts]

Hi everyone,

I recently just got my first scope.

Due to having 2 eyepieces & Barlow supplied with my Limited Edition XT8:

• 35mm Orion Deepview 2"
  
• 2x Shorty Barlow 1.25"
  
• 25mm Sirius Plossl eyepiece
  

I went ahead after reading countless review, forums etc and took the dive in ordering a Baader Hyperion Zoom 8-24mm...collecting it on Friday from a small company in the Midlands called 'Sherwoods Photographic Ltd' in Redditch who had 1 left in stock, phew! At least this way I can get good optics and maybe invest in certain focal lengths in the future when I have an idea of what I want...at the moment, I haven't a clue!!

I was wondering, is it possible to attach the 2x Shorty Barlow to is to magnify it even more? I saw various comments saying there is too much glass and others saying it is great (always the case)! lol.

I can't wait for clear skies over Xmas to crack this bad boy out...heard there was clouds though, grrr!

Thanks for your help.

Dan.

[Dan Watts]

Hi everyone,

I recently just got my first scope.

Due to having 2 eyepieces & Barlow supplied with my Limited Edition XT8:

• 35mm Orion Deepview 2"
  
• 2x Shorty Barlow 1.25"
  
• 25mm Sirius Plossl eyepiece
  

I went ahead after reading countless review, forums etc and took the dive in ordering a Baader Hyperion Zoom 8-24mm...collecting it on Friday from a small company in the Midlands called 'Sherwoods Photographic Ltd' in Redditch who had 1 left in stock, phew! At least this way I can get good optics and maybe invest in certain focal lengths in the future when I have an idea of what I want...at the moment, I haven't a clue!!

I was wondering, is it possible to attach the 2x Shorty Barlow to is to magnify it even more? I saw various comments saying there is too much glass and others saying it is great (always the case)! lol.

I can't wait for clear skies over Xmas to crack this bad boy out...heard there was clouds though, grrr!

Thanks for your help.

Dan.

[jgs001]

I don't know specifically on the zoom, I've a number of Hyperion eyepieces... They all have a barlow inbuilt as part of the ep, that's why the tuning rings work, but having said that, adding a Celestron Ultima (same as the Shorty Plus I think) works fine.

[Dan Watts]

Hi there,

Ah ha, I see...thanks for the info on that + thatnks for sorting the other message I thought it hadn't posted, sorry about that.

Regards

Dan.

[DOBBY]

Baader now make a barlow specifically for use with the click-stop zoom...

[Dan Watts]

Yeah, I saw that the other day...it was more so to see if I could just use my barlow I own to save some money after spending £180 on the zoom.

I may invest in that though as would be good option

[Spikey]

I've used a TeleVue x2 and x3 Barlow with my Hyperion zoom with no problems.

[Dan Watts]

Perfect! Thanks for the confirmation...look forward to being able to see ET waving at me from the moon!!

[Gina]

I've got my eye on one of those Hyperion zooms - won't be able to afford it until well into the new year though. Yes, expensive but will save me buying several separate EPs (I have mostly cheapo ones ATM) and the extra convenience is a huge plus

[StuW]

I've use an Astro Engineering 2x barlow without any problems, only concern is the weight on the 1.25 adapter.

Stu

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