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I have a Meade 80mm f/10 refractor that I can mount on my Lxd55 mount and also a Lpi camera. Would it be better to eyepiece project or stack a couple of Barlows? I have only used the Lpi as an autoguider till the present.

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i would go with the barlows myself.

Tend to agree, my attempts at afocal weren't very satisfactory.  With 800mm you could try it on the moon to see how you get on before buying the Barlow.

With a X3 barlow fl2400 Jupiter won't be very big, Mars and Saturn even smaller, but you'd certainly get something. Even X4 fl3200 won't be enormous.

At these magnifications you could get Jupiter and some or all of its moons.

Try Stellarium, you can set up your telescope, camera and Barlows, then it can show you how the target fits onto your ccd.

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