Barlow, narrowing the field

[Simon Dunsmore]

Hi Folks,

looking for a little advice, looking to image some close ups of the moon/planets with my 130PDS and have narrowed it down to two choices:

Revelation x2.5 barlow

https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/revelation-astro-25x-barlow-lens-125.html

Explore Scientific X3 barlow

https://www.harrisontelescopes.co.uk/acatalog/explore-scientific-3x-barlow-focal-extender.html#SID=564

I have a QHYII-5 Mono camera that I usually use for guiding when imaging DSOs

The Revelation is roughly half the price of the explore scientific, I'm wondering what the difference in quality would be??

 

Thanks for your help

Simon

[robhatherton]

I’ve had the revelation for 5 years or so and I think it might have been a little more expensive then. When it first came on the market it got good reviews. Certainly for visual there is no apparent visual degradation when using it with a prime or zoom eyepiece.

[ebdons]

Hi, I have the revelation barlow and it's pretty good for the price, but I also got the opticstar telextender x3 and x2 they are the same as meade and some other clones and the views were better and more crisp and I saw an improvement when imaging in detail and clarity, but that improvement also depends on filters etc . both are pretty good depending on scope etc. ton