Re: [ATM] eclipse optics 3x Barlow

["Phil Harrington" <star_ware@hotmail.com>]

Looking over the Eclipse Optics limited product line just now, it would 
appear that all of their eyepieces, Barlows, etc. are nothing more than the 
usual imported stuff from the Far East.  Given that the same products are 
widely available from numerous sources, and given that two-thirds of the 
links on the Eclipse Optics web site are inoperable, I would be very 
uncomfortable ordering from a company like that.  Instead, I'd look 
elsewhere.

As to that particular Barlow, I think you'd be disappointed regardless of 
where you bought it.  Instead, you would be better off going with something 
like Celestron's Ultima <http://tinyurl.com/2c2kl> or Orion Telescope's 
Shorty-Plus <http://tinyurl.com/foi4>.  Both are 2x Barlows and are highly 
thought of by users.

Good luck,
Phil Harrington
---------------------------
Philip S. Harrington
Astronomy author and educator
Contributing editor, Astronomy magazine
http://www.philharrington.net


>Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:28:47 -0800 (PST)
>From: Saqib Sajjad <saqibsajjad@yahoo.com>
>Subject: [ATM] eclipse optics 3x barlow
>To: atm@atmlist.net
>
>hi everyone,
>
>
>looking at my passion for astronomy a friend of mine
>in USA has promised me a 3x barlow by
>www.eclipseoptics.com/accessories.html .
>anyone out there has idea about its performance ?,
>because i have no idea about it.
>
>
>Saqib


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