3x barlow lens

[jimmythemoonlight]

Hello people I maybe pretty close to buying a 3x Barlow lens but I don't know if my telescope would be suitable for it as to it being to fast or to slow my scope is a skywatcher explorer 130 / 900 f6.92 so any advice off you wonderful people would be very grateful thank you :-) :-) Jimmy

[Laurie61]

It really depends on the eyepieces you intend to use with it but for visual I would go with a 2 or 2.5x. I have one of these and I have been very pleased with it 

http://www.harrisontelescopes.co.uk/acatalog/Revelation_Astro_2.5x_Barlow_Lens_1.25_.html

[rwilkey]

Hi Jimmy, I would stick to 2x if I were you, a 3x often puts shorter focal length ep's over the top so may not get used much.  More powerful Barlows are more frequently used in AP rather than in visual observing.