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GSO 1.25" Apo Apochromatic Barlow

Started by Vars191, 10/24/2008 06:24AM
Posted 10/24/2008 06:24AM Opening Post
Hi All
How good are the GSO 1.25" 5x Apo Apochromatic and GSO 1.25" 2.5x Apo Apochromatic Barlow, cant find much on them
Vars
Posted 10/24/2008 03:28PM #1
Using the words "Apo Barlow" is strictly a marketing game. At normal powers all Barlows are essentially apochromatic, regardless if they are 2 element or have 3 or more elements. It's not until you get to very high magnifications, around 8x when you might get a bit of color using a normal Barlow.

Rolando