From: "Duane" <macastronomer@mac.com>

Date: November 13, 2007 10:04:55 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Barlows and Mars

Last night I tried my 5x Powermate for the first time in ages and found that on my 

Celestron 11" f/10 that I could image much the same as I could with my Celestron 2x 

barlow on my 8" LX200 f/10.

If I want more speed, I still resort to the smaller 2x and I am considering getting a 3x 

barlow.

But I like the size I'm getting with the 5x. My images were pretty fuzzy after shooting, but 

with the extra size I could sharpen and reduce the size and still end up with a pretty 

decent image.

http://homepage.mac.com/deal/share/mars_11_13_07.jpg

Duane

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@...> wrote:

Hi Folks;

Thanks for the info and opinions on Barlows. I decided to order a 4  

element 2.5x TeleVue PowerMate and I'll if it's better or not than my  

2x achromatic 3 element Antares Barlow.

Now if the Jet stream would only move north or south instead of being  

parked over top of me as it has for the past 4+ weeks.

TTYL..

Milton J. Aupperle