Re: Barlow ?

["RMOLLISE"]

Terry A Haimann wrote:
> For a 20cm sct, what would be a good barlow for splitting binaries? It
> would need to balance performance with economy, I can NOT afford a TeleVue.
>
> Terry

Hi Terry:

If you need to watch the bucks, you could do much worse than the Orion
Shorty Barlow. Optically it's very close to _anything_ on the market.

<http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=253&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=6&iSubCat=25&iProductID=253>

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:
Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
and
The Urban Astronomer's Guide
<http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland>