BARLOW LENS

[p1taylor]

Hi All, Got my Lunt 60mm and camera is ZWO 178 mm all setup to get closes ups of spots and things will any x2 Barlow do.

peter

[bomberbaz]

12 hours ago, p1taylor said:

Hi All, Got my Lunt 60mm and camera is ZWO 178 mm all setup to get closes ups of spots and things will any x2 Barlow do.

peter

Hello Peter. A little more detail on what exactly you are hoping to achieve would be helpful in giving you helpful advice. 

However even without this I would suggest that a cheapo barlow is not the way to go. I owned and quickly disposed of a cheapo one once, the lens elements actually rattled in the housing. That's not going to help at all. 

I now have a decent meade short barlow and also a tele extender from explore scientific. Both are under a £100 and perform well depending on intended use. 

Edited November 5, 2020 by bomberbaz

[p1taylor]

Hi Steve,    I need to magnify things on the sun not just the disk.

peter