Celestron NexImage Reducer Lens

[red dwalf]

i have a philips 900 colour webcam and was trying to get saturn on the screen with a 3x barlow but very difficult as the fov very small, infact i could not get an image on the computer screen, will using this celestron neximage reducer lens give me a bigger fov and still keep the magnification i want ?

i have no problem using a 2x barlow but the detail and size of the object is fairly small. am i asking to much in asking for more form a small webcam ?

any help please

[blinky]

A reducer is exactly the opposite of a barlow, so no it wont give a bigger FoV.

[red dwalf]

so why would you use one ? wouldn`t it be easier to just change the eyepiece or not use a barlow