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Meade #126 1.25-Inch 2x Short-Focus Barlow Lens

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A Barlow lens is used to effectively increase the magnification of your eyepieces in a telescope. For example if you would normally see an image at 30x then using that eyepiece in conjuction with the Barlow gives you an effective 60x magnification. One Barlow can be used with all of your different eyepieces in turn, making for a cost effective way to have a wider range of magnification options.

This Barlow can be used on any telescope that uses 1.25" eyepieces. It does not have to be a Meade telescope; all you need is that the size of the eyepieces be the same. (1.25" is one of the more common sizes but check your telescope to be sure first.)

To use this lens, pull your eyepiece out of the telescope and put the Barlow lens in first. The eyepiece then gets placed back into the end of the Barlow. Refocus - and you're done - the image should now be 2x. Simple.

I've used this lens and it is a fine lens for starter telescopes. I did not see any increased chromatic aberration. The quality of the glass and the coatings are all acceptable. Obviously you can spend a whole bunch more and get even more premium glass, and Barlow lenses that go up to 3x or variable amounts, but for most backyard astronomers and folks with relatively small or starter telescopes, this is all that you need and is a good value.

One word of caution on telescopes: bigger is not always better. If you magnify an image too much you'll get dim and/or fuzzy images. But as long as you stay within the range of what the rest of the optics in your telescope can reasonably deliver, a Barlow lens is a great addition. (In particular I often use my Barlow to help out my low powered lens rather than my high power. I find I get higher magnification but with the better eye relief that comes inherent to the lower powered eyepieces.)

Did not have much time to use the Barlow lens
but the time I did the image was a bit blurry.
Delivery was perfect .

El producto es un complemento ideal para ampliar las cualidades de un telescopio. Es un producto fino y útil. Estoy satisfecho con el desempeño adicional que me ha Generado.