Appleblossom Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Evening all!Wonder whether you lovely peeps can help me... I have a Celestron Travelscope & have been told that to see a planet, such as Saturn, I need a barlow lens. I only have two eye pieces, a 10mm & 20mm so... can anyone give me any links of where to buy one from as I am a bit clueless I don't have a bottomless pocket, so I am on a budget of sorts, any help would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patomlin76 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I would recommend a TAL 2x Barlow. I have one and it keeps the image fairly sharp. Read good reviews about it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I've moved this to the eyepieces section (eyepieces include barlow lenses). I'll leave a link in the original posting location so folks can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Your scope will show planets with the eyepieces you have - they will just be very, very small in the field of view. A 2x barlow lens will make them look a little larger but they will still look surprisingly small. They do through all scopes really !You should be able to see that Saturn has rings and Jupiter has 2 main equatorial belts and 4 moons though.The TAL 2x barlow lens is a good one but I think they are out of production now so hard to come by. The Skywatcher deluxe 2x is not a bad barlow lens for the money. You can get those for £15.00 + £1.50 P&P from the Astroboot website:http://www.astroboot.co.uk/AstroBoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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