Heritage 130P and Celestron X-Cel 2x Barlow

[TractionMan]

I like the X-Cel LX eyepieces very much, so much in fact that I got the 2x Barlow in the same series a while ago and have put it to some use lately. Well, the barlow and Heritage 130P combo works, but only just. In order to get a sharp image, the focuser has to be almost at the bottom end. Probably not more than one mm or so which doesn't give much room to play with. Just want to give you a bit of a heads up in case you have this particular scope and are contemplating the purchase of said barlow. However, I will keep the barlow since I've ordered a new scope. Hopefully that combo will work better.

This is how low the focuser has to be in order to get a sharp image with the X-Cel LX 2x Barlow: