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Tele Vue 5x Powermate, 1.25' Image Amplifier

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$229.00

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About this item

  • Latest Version, Accepets the T-Ring Adapter
  • Vignetting, edge field aberrations and pupil movement - all introduced when using Barlows with long focal length eyepieces, are minimized.
  • Telecentric operation (field rays leave parallel to optical axis, unlike Barlow lenses which diverge rays). This is ideal for Hydrogen-alpha filter use such as with Daystar models.
  • High performance for image amplification, CCD or film (some of the finest Earth-based planetary imaging is being done with Powermates).
  • Flexible for visual and imaging with all types of telescopes and eyepieces. Essentially Parfocal, and with nearly constant magnification regardless of image distance behind top surface (except 5x model which increases 1x for every 35mm of image distance increase).


These models stand less than 3in. out of your focuser and the 5x takes 1 1/4in. threaded filters. They are parfocal in ALL 1 1/4in. diagonals and prisms. For this reason, they are highly recommended over standard Barlows for 1 1/4in. diagonals and refractos such as the TeleVue-60. The 5x Powermate is ideal for long focus CCD and film photography, magnifying about 7.7x. It's an attractive, high performance alternative to eyepiece projection. The 5x is also perfect for slowing down your scope for Hydrogen-Alpha solar observing.


Corrie
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2025
I am definitely oversampling the images when I image on my 5 inch refractor, but I don't mind a bit. I wouldn't necessarily recommend if for imaging, but the price made it worth experimenting with. a 3X would have been better suited overall.Observing with this is awesome! Everything looks so good! For this, I highly recommend!
N. Carter
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2024
 
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2016
I never saw the point in a 5x barlow until I started viewing with fast refractors. If you have an F/5 refractor this is a great tool for looking at planets. I have no tried it for imaging yet, but visually its an excellent piece of gear. I would not recommend this for SCs or longer focal length instruments... the focus will be soft as you would be most likely pushing past useful magnification, but in faster instruments this fella is a beast.I have an Orion ST120 I use for my grab and go rig. Most nights I will just go out with a 24mm Panoptic and a 5x powermate for planets. I rarely need other EPs and I have some other TeleVue goodies.
Francisco Melgar
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2015
GREAT Views, and the quality is just amazing.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2015
Nice but not cheap. Great glass.
Mike S.
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2014
Everyone keeps telling me about my limits, my 4" stellarvue triplet apo can only handle so much magnification, my dslr can only hand so long an exposure. Everyone told me to not buy this, but to date its the best damn thing Ive added to my collection of accessories. I use this with a 40mm, 20mm, and 9mm meade 4000 series 7element fully multicoated super plossl's, and this baby screams. I even use it with my cannon t5i for planetary work, and for a few deep sky objects with relatively small apparent size such as ring nebulea. This makes all my eyepieces brighter, which is counter intuitive when you consider the physics, but I love it.
seymour
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2014
The powermate1.25inch made a big difference in viewing the planets with all my eye pieces,from 10mm-40mm. I would recommend this product to anyone who wants to increase the performance of their Telescope.
james
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2013
So far I have taken great shots of Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon with this Barlow. As described you lose zero detail taking shots with the powermate and visually it is also outstanding. If you had to make a complaint about this product I would say that it's the fact it makes apparent small defects and dust in your CCD and eye pieces.