Meade 124 2x Barlow Lens (1.25")
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: MeadeModel: 124
Product features:
- Includes 2 elements
- High resolution
- Doubles magnifying power
- For use with an eyepiece
- Color corrects
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Meade 124 2x Barlow Lens (1.25")
Customer Review: Double your power; double your inventory.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great accessory, because a 2X Barlow not only doubles the power of all your eyepieces, it essentially doubles the quantity of them as well. If you have two eyepieces and a Barlow, then you really have four eyepieces. By the way, a Barlow is not only meant to use behind a diagonal to double the eyepiece power - a 2X Barlow will TRIPLE the power of any eyepiece, when used in FRONT of the diagonal.Basically, you insert the Barlow where you would normally put an eyepiece - into the diagonal (in a refractor or Schmidt Cassegrain) or into the focuser (in a Newtonian reflector). Then you insert your eyepiece into the Barlow, and snug-up the set screw. A certain amount of refocusing will be necessary.
The Meade 124 Barlow is a "shorty" design. It is short enough to use in a refractor or Schmidt Cassegrain without worry of clashing with the diagonal mirror. It is of fairly high quality, exhibiting well chromed and anodized surfaces, with a blackened interior to help eliminate glare and secondary reflections. Its 2-element design will yield sharp transmission to the eyepiece or diagonal. You may occasionally find that it appears to correct chromatic irregularities, though this effect will be slight at best.
Meade offers eyepieces and optical accessories of extremely high quality. Their reputation as an excellent source of eyepieces, Barlows, and optical accessories is well deserved. The Model 124 is a good example of their popular mid-priced line of fine optics. I have noticed many of them in use, and have never heard a single complaint.
I have frequently used this Barlow myself. Not once do I ever remember being conscious of it. That's really the truest test of an optical component. If it leaves you alone with the image and your thoughts, then it's done its job. This is an accessory I can highly recommend.
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The Meade 124 2x Barlow Lens doubles the magnifying power of your eyepiece. Each lens includes two optical elements for high-resolution, color-corrected imaging.Barlow Lenses
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