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Need a good 2nd hand barlow to build up my eyepiece set. In the class of Celestron Ultima or TV 2.5.

Chris

hehehe .... u never mentioned wat barlow 2x or 3x

Heh! Prefer a 2x but am ok with a 2.5x, 2.8x, or 3x

bodoh wrote:Need a good 2nd hand barlow to build up my eyepiece set. In the class of Celestron Ultima or TV 2.5.

Chris

You can't beat the Ultima. Don't settle anything cheaper than the Ultima. It's the best for the price.

Go find one in Astromart. You buy here, people will cut your throat. You buy in astro scientific they will cut up your body.

Hi,
I think the Antares Triplet 2x barlow is also a good choice... heard that it is as good as the Celestron Ultima...

Have a nice day.

If I can't get a Ultima here, and if it's too tough to get it off astromart (Most don't ship here), I might settle for the Antares Triplet 2x barlow. Heard that it's identical to the Celestron version. With my short scope, need minimal CA if I want to reach the higher limits of mag.

bodoh wrote:If I can't get a Ultima here, and if it's too tough to get it off astromart (Most don't ship here), I might settle for the Antares Triplet 2x barlow. Heard that it's identical to the Celestron version. With my short scope, need minimal CA if I want to reach the higher limits of mag.

yeah, the short Antares Ultima 2X is as good as the celestron one.

Get from Samuel. Don't think he will cut your throat la.

you can check it out at amazon.com
it is less than USD60 + shipping by vpost to Singapore. I bought mine at less than SGD120 total.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... &n=3426011

Wow! Not bad! Real Ultima right? The apo 3 element version?

yeah it says 2X barlow Ultima. SV series # 93506 fully mutli-coated. Made in Japan.
Same as the item number in the celestron site.
;-)