Got a cheapo 3x Barlow lens from Aliexpress. Can’t wait to try it out 😎
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.
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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 😂
Now I don’t care
It does make the scope incredibly sensitive to vibration and turbulence though

