High quality Barlow vs decent quality eyepieces.

[damnut]

@pig Half bottle gone, sun was not yet over the yard arm

Bottle now empty

[YKSE]

I like Baader VIP barlow, besides the excellent optical quality, it's very flexible, can be used with different barlow effect, as long as the 1.25" nosepiece is in the optical chain.

1.63x for eyepiece with T2 thread can be used in 2" focuser just like using a normal 2" eyepiece:

My maximum 2.63x can be achieved with eyepiece top less than 16cm above 2" eyepiece holder:

[awestruck]

Now that i have a few ideas of what a rig this size would look like i think i may just save my pennies for some fixed focal length EPs. Thanks to everyone who shared pictures of these boat anchor sized combos. Cheers.

[Pig]

@pig Half bottle gone, sun was not yet over the yard arm

Bottle now empty

Pheeeew  you had me worried for a moment

[damnut]

Have my reputation to keep up