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VERNONSCOPE Dakin Barlows and 2" Gold Coated Diagonal
Dakin Barlows A change to the Vernonscope Dakin Barlows has been announced by the company as it has updated its 2” 2.4X Dakin Barlow design.
Image 1 - The 2" 2.4x Dakin Barlow assembled for use with a 2" eyepiece.
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The 2" Vernonscope 2.4X Dakin Barlow can be used with telescopes that accept 2” eyepieces. This Barlow is made with very high quality glass lens that gives sharp contrast. It holds a 2” eyepiece or 2" to 1.25" adapter with a brass compression ring, a screw insert, and a stainless steel set screw. It also can be unscrewed at the center, and the bottom portion containing the Dakin Barlow lens screwed onto a standard 2” eyepiece. When the bottom half is screwed directly into an eyepiece, the magnification is approximately 1.5X.
Image 2 - The 2" Dakin Barlow shown with the top of the 2.4X Barlow unscrewed from the bottom. The Barlow glass is in the bottom portion,.
The Barlow was designed to be placed between the draw tube of a scope and a diagonal. In-travel will need to be longer when separated and screwed into an eyepiece. As the company notes, “Image 1
Image 3 - The 48mm Brandon attached to the optical cell of the Barlow.
