Barlow Question

[JDWolf]

Was out observing last night and notice that the lens on my 2x skywatcher barlow un-screws. I also noticed that it screws nicely into the bottom of my eyepieces. I was wondering if any of you guy know what effect this would have on the magnification of an eyepiece? i.e would it give be a different mag to using the whole barlow?

Thanks for any replies!

[gaelicstorm7]

Hi Jon, pretty sure I'm right in saying if screwed onto the bottom of the eyepiece it give a 1.5x magnification rather than th 2x it gives whilst on the barlow, hope this helps !

Alan

[trekker308]

Yep - most of these elements give 1.5-1.6x mag when screwed direct onto eyepiece I beleive!

[JDWolf]

Thats for the info and the quick reply! Good to know i have a 1.5 x aswell and a 2x.

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