Features

• Doubles the magnifying power of your eyepiece by doubling its effective focal length
• Air-spaced, three-element apochromatic design with a 27mm clear aperture
• Amazingly compact and lightweight--just 5 ounces and 2.75 inches in length

Reviews (2)

celestron ultima 2X barlow
The application for this barlow on my 8i/GPS SCT/XLT was to gain higher magnification options from longer focal length and eye relief eyepieces (ELux and Xcel 25-18-15mm)and stay in modest price ranges for everything. COMMON TESTS with the barlow vs. short focal length eyepieces to 8mm was most favorable: a) using both common and wide angle FOV eyepieces and b)testing with and without eye glasses while c) viewing Polaris double, Jupiter & moons and the Moon. Seeing conditions were poor (Dallas, summer, early evening sky with a lot of Moonlight.) Never the less I am pleased with both the Celestron Ultima 2X barlow and the strategy and therefore I "recommended". Shipping was prompt - much better than prior experiences with amazon.com - improvement so noted.

Inexpensive but great addition for your viewing pleasure
This particular Barlow, along with the Orion Shorty, is highly recommended on several of the astronomy forums on the internet.I got this one instead of the Orion simply because Amazon was offering it at about $52 at the time.
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Features

• Low profile
• 2-element fully-multicoated optical design
• Blacked lens edges

Editorial Review

The Celestron 93327 X-Cel Extra-low Dispersion 2x 1.25 inch Barlow lens extends the focal length of your scope by factor of two. This lens is very useful for short focal length scopes and planetary imaging, and provides you with an affordable way to achieve high-power viewing of the moon and planets, double stars and even close-up views of terrestrial subjects. The Celestron 92227 features cutting edge optics with extra low dispersion glass that provides excellent color correction and razor sharp images for serious nature and bird watchers. Barlow lenses mount into either your telescope's focuser or visual back. ... Read more

Features

• Excellent for use with most telescopes
• Achieve high power viewing of the moon, planets, double stars and much more
• Made of Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass
• Provides high contrast and sharp images

Features

• Night Vision Flashlight
• Moon Filter
• 2x Barlow Lens
• Nexstar Car Battery adapters for use outdoors, carrying case

Features

• Doubles the power of any eyepiece
• This barlow lens is compact - just 3 inches long (about half the length of a standard barlow lens)
• 2x amplifier lens doublet is multi-coated for excellent light transmission
• Housing is internally baffled to eliminate unwanted reflections and increase contrast
• One-year limited warranty

Reviews (1)

A whole new world
I got one of these for my StarBlast 4.5EQ and I was amazed--the Cassini division and cloud bands on Saturn were opened to my view.Highly recommended for getting that last bit of "oomph" from a small telescope. ... Read more

Editorial Review

The Meade 128 3x Barlow Lens triples the magnifying power of youreyepiece. Each lens includes two optical elements for high-resolution,color-corrected imaging. ... Read more

Features

• Includes 2 elements
• High resolution
• Triples magnifying power
• For use with an eyepiece
• Color corrects

Reviews (10)

Borkua
IT WAS A VERY NICE AND EASY PURCHASE. THE BARLOW LENS IS NEAD AND USEFULL, I LOVE IT.

I don't use it much any more
It works like it should (3x zoom) - of course it distorts the image, but you can see your image much bigger than without it.

Great with the basic lens
Right now we only have the 26mm lens that came with our Meade 90ETX.This 3x Barlow was the first add-on lens that we bought - and we're glad that we did.Images magnified with the 26mm + 3x Barlow remain crisp and well-defined.Read more

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Features

• The highest-quality, most versatile barlow you will ever own
• Doubles the magnifying power of any eyepiece, providing better eye relief and edge sharpness
• Provides superior image sharpness and color correction
• All optical surfaces are fully multi-coated for maximum light transmission and contrast
• One-year limited warranty

Reviews (1)

Best 2X Barlow on the market!!!
This is the best 2X Barlow on the market for the price.What makes it better is it uses 3 lenses instead of the normal 2.I am using with with my Meade ETX-125 with UHTC coating.I would say it would work well with any 1.25" eyepiece telescope. ... Read more

Features

• Triples the powere of any 1.25 eyepiece.
• One Barlow can double the range of your eyepiece collection.
• Straight-through design does not change the viewing angle of your telescope.
• Achromatic design helps to prevent image aberrations.
• Fits any telescope which accepts 1.25 format eyepieces.

Features

• Doubles the power of any 2-inch eyepiece
• Internally baffled (not just painted black inside) to block transmission of off-axis light
• Provides higher contrast and glare reduction
• One-year limited warranty

Features

• This premium-quality barlows features a 3-element, fully multi-coated lens design
• Renders exquisite images without introducing additional chromatic aberration
• Images appear sharper and more color-correct than with standard, achromatic barlows
• Especially good for high-power lunar and planetary observing
• Barrels are not threaded for filters

Features

• Doubles the power of any 1.25 inch eyepiece
• Internally baffled (not just painted black inside) to block transmission of off-axis light
• Provides higher contrast and glare reduction
• One-year limited warranty

Reviews (1)

Great, with a few kinks.
This is a seriously cool lense, it comes fast, and works like a dream, mostly.If you use a too small a focal length lense with it, it gets kind of fuzzy.The view of the Andromeda Galaxy with this thing is breath-taking. My advice is to wait a bit if you're a begginer astronomer, so you can get a better feel for the sky and so your eye is more trained before you get this. All in all pretty good except for the fuzzy images.A reccomendation for anyone with a telescope.
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Features

• Delivers a 3x magnification boost to any 1.25" eyepiece
• Great for lunar and planetary observing
• Perfect for extracting higher powers from short-focal-length telescopes
• Accepts standard filters
• One-year limited warranty

Features

• Doubles the powere of any 1.25 eyepiece.
• One Barlow can double the range of your eyepiece collection.
• Straight-through design does not change the viewing angle of your telescope.
• Achromatic design helps to prevent image aberrations.
• Fits any telescope which accepts 1.25 format eyepieces.

Features

• A premium-quality barlow lens which doubles the power of any 1.25 inch eyepiece
• Renders images of ultra-high fidelity and superb color correction
• Employs a 3-element, fully multi-coated lens system with a clear aperture of 27mm
• One-year limited warranty

Features

• Double your focal length
• View at high power with your glasses
• Useful in digital astrophotography
• Great for scopes by Meade, Celestron, Orion, Tasco, and Bushnell
• Compatible with 0.965 inch diagonals and focusers

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Features

• A versatile barlow which allows you to change magnifying factors in seconds, from 2x up to 3x
• Useful when observing different types of objects during the same session
• One-year limited warranty

Editorial Review

The Meade 124 2x Barlow Lens doubles the magnifying power of youreyepiece. Each lens includes two optical elements for high-resolution,color-corrected imaging. ... Read more

Features

• Includes 2 elements
• High resolution
• Doubles magnifying power
• For use with an eyepiece
• Color corrects

Reviews (9)

Great addition
It really works as advertised and is a wonderful addition to any lens collection.

Adequate on the ETX90-EC
The Meade 124 2x Barlow Lens certainly zooms in a lot closer to the viewed object.It's difficult for an amatuer like me to say for sure if it actually doubles the magnification, I'll have to rely on Meades assurances for that.It's a useful addition for the ETX90 but it does have some drawbacks.The light gathering capabilities of the ETX90 restrict the magnification you can use to certain limits.To high a magnification and things start getting blurry.I have 26mm, 15mm and 9.7mm meade eyepieces in my collection.The 26mm is my most frequently used.I use the barlow mostly with the 26mm and occasionally with the 15 and 9.7.However, only in most steadiest of conditions do I get good results with the barlow and 15 and 9.7 combinations.Most of the time I get a much clearer view with the eyepiece alone. Things just get less defined with the barlow and higher power eyepieces combinations.Having said that, the barlow does give you a better range of magnifications and finding the most suitable one for a given situation is more likely.I use the barlow both for planetary and deep space viewing and find I have to adjust the focusing when putting in and taking out the barlow, which is a nuisance.I'm not convinced that the Meade Barlow I have is up to the standard of their other eyepieces in my collection as it seems to have some minute abberations on the lens itself.This is quite possible unique to mine, I'm not sure.Despite the above negatives, the Barlow is worth having with the ETX-90 and probably much more useful on the ETX-105 and 125. Recommended, but inspect and test your barlow on receipt of it and let Meade know immediately if it is not up to standard. Clear skies everyone.

tight fit
Love the 2X barlow lens. It performs as stated by Meade. All lenses used in conjuntion with the Barlow are doubled I saw no degredation of objects viewed at all. The lens fit very tight in my first telescope but perfectly in my second. ... Read more

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