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Rigel Systems QuikFinder
Rigel Systems QuikFinder
5.0
Rigel Zero-Mag Finder - How did I ever get along without it?...
For many years now, I have been using the screws on the outside of my tube for alignment purposes in locating objects. It worked ok, but objects high up...at zenith, it gets rather awkward. If I'm going to be that close to the ground, I better be dru...
Antares 1.25
Antares 1.25" 3x Barlow Lens # UB3S
4.0
The Antares UB3S Achromatic Barlow
The Antares UB3S Barlow is a well constructed 3.15 inch (80mm) long 1.25 inch barlow. It has green coatings on its lenses with a higher level of reflection however than the GSO Barlows and says Japan on it. It requires about 5 mm out focus with my ...
GSO 1.25
GSO 1.25" 2x "Shorty" Achromatic Barlow Lens # GS2BL
5.0
The GSO 1.25 inch 2X achromatic barlow.
I already had a fine Meade 2X "Telenagative" (barlow) in my case, so why get another 2x barlow? Well, because for only $25 you can get one that you can unscrew and fasten directly to your eyepieces and get somewhere like 1.6X to 1.8X. thus, you ge...
GSO 2
GSO 2" 2x ED Barlow Lens # GS22B
5.0
GSO 2" ED Barlow
I've been interested in astronomy in one way or another for 30+years now and for most of that time a Barlow lens was little more than an empty promise, let down by those long plastic tubes with tacky foil labels attached that promised to double or tr...