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Barlow setting in Ekos Setting

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Barlow setting in Ekos Setting was created by Val Chevalier

First i'd like to say i am very impressed by all the good work done for INDI and EKOS. I started astrophotgraphy for 6 months now, and after many tries and search, i finally found these powerful tool for imaging. Day after day, i discover all the great potential of all the tool and feature of the librairy.

So here is my question about the use of Barlow, i can not find the way to add a barlow in the Ekos or Indi control panel (apart change the focal length in the Telescope settings). This setting would obvioulsy apply some math in FOV and astrometry, and so on. And I know that barlow will increase the F/D, which is not good for photo, but i'd like to test.

Is there already a feature like this?

Val
150P and 72ED with ASI 071 MC pro
Guiding with qhy 5L-II-m and ASI 178MC
HEQ5 pro with EqMod
Kstars Ekos on lenovo thinkcenter with Linux Mint 21
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Replied by Mohamed on topic Barlow setting in Ekos Setting

I think you can add it using the lens tab in the equipment setup form. For 2x Barlow, set the factor to "2".

 
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Replied by Val Chevalier on topic Barlow setting in Ekos Setting

Thank you for the reply.

I had already filled these fields but it seems there's no way to use this "lens" in EKOS. The only way i found is to have another telescope configuration with a focal length of 2xFL of the telescope.

Val
 
150P and 72ED with ASI 071 MC pro
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HEQ5 pro with EqMod
Kstars Ekos on lenovo thinkcenter with Linux Mint 21
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Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic Barlow setting in Ekos Setting

The only way to do this is to modify the telescope focal length in the Ekos profile settings.
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Replied by Val Chevalier on topic Barlow setting in Ekos Setting

Yes indeed, and i had already found this solution, but thanks for the reply.

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Replied by Jim on topic Barlow setting in Ekos Setting


That is how I do it for use with my focal reducer.
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