Barlow lenses are the Comic Sans of amateur astronomy
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Report: just got some decent barlowed views of Jupiter and Saturn despite lousy seeing in LA. Probably not going to attempt iPhone photography with this tonight though. The lens is kinda light and the adapter weight will make it silly frustrating. Manual control is hard enough.
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It blew me away how much better I could see Saturn with a super cheap Barlow lens. It felt like cheating.
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When I was a kid with my first telescope I felt really guilty about using a 3x Barlow because all the guidebooks acted like it was an uncouth thing to do
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Barlows are the premium mediocre lenses of astronomy. They raise magnification while doing nothing for resolving power. But under the right conditions they make bright objects look much better.