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6. Using the accessories, a bit of math to 

understand how all it works. 

Using the accessories is easy and fun. To 
change magnification simple swap eyepieces. 

To get more magnification simply use the 

barlow lens. But how all of this work? 

 

5.1. Power (magnification)

 

Your telescope as a focal length of 640mm. 
This is approximately the distance between 

the telescope lens to its focal point (very 

similar to the distance between the focus 

point of a loupe and the loupe lens). This is a 

very important feature that allows to 
determine several interesting facts such as 

magnification. 

The magnification is determined by the 

telescopes focal length and the used 

eyepiece. You probably noticed that the two 

supplied eyepieces are H20mm and H6mm. 
This means that the H20mm is a 20mm focal 

length eyepiece while the H6mm is a 6mm 

focal length eyepiece. 

To determine the magnification just devide 

the telescope focal length by the eyepiece 

focal length. Lets give an example for our 

telescope and the supplied eyepieces: 

Telescope focal length is 640mm 

H20 eyepiece focal length is 20 mm 

 

640

20

= 32 

 

 

This means that the H20 eyepiece provides a 

32 power (magnification). This seems low but 

try it, you will see a a bright image with some 
very good detail. 

5.2. Barlow Lens 

The barlow lens is a very interesting device. It 

is a negative lens that multiplies the 

telescopes focal length. So a 2x Barlow 
multiplies the original focal length by 2x, in 

this case 

640

   2 = 1280

A 3x Barlow lens multiplies by 3x. 

Your telescope is supplied with a 3x Barlow 
lens. When used with the H20 eyepiece you 

get 3x the power obtained before 

32

   3  

= 96 

 

 

5.3. Erecting lens (not included)

 

The erecting lens gets you a upright image 

view with the telescope. It also adds some 

power like the barlow lens. The supplied 
Erecting Lens provides and extra 1.5x power. 

Here are some examples on how to use the 

accessories. 

 

 

Some possible accessory combinations 

 

Terrestrial 

View 

Moon 

Deep Sky 

Jupiter and 

Saturn 

Barlow Lens 3x 

 

 

 

Yes 

H20 Eyepiece 

 

 

Yes 

Yes 

H6 Eyepiece 

 

Yes 

 

 

Power 

Not suitable 

106x 

32x 

96x 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Dobson 102/640 DOB

Page 1: ...1 Instruction Manual...

Page 2: ...from the object and reflects it to the secondary mirror that brings it to the eyepiece Close to the aperture there is the focuser The focuser moves up and down to get a precise focused image At the f...

Page 3: ...3 ATTENTION Never look at the Sun through a telescope Concentrated Sun light may cause serious eye injury Children should use only with adult supervision...

Page 4: ...ts Figure 3 Place the finderscope ask shown Figure 4 Insert a low power eyepiece H20mm Figure 5 Tighten the side thumbscrew to secure eyepiece Figure 6 Use the barlow with eyepiece Figure 7 Tighten bo...

Page 5: ...be preferrable So we have the widest field of view 4 2 Looking through the finderscope we see the same building but in this case the chimney is not centered We adjust the finderscope using the two th...

Page 6: ...ator between illumated and dark surfaces 5 2 Jupiter is the biggest planet of our solar system It is also on of the favorite targets for beginners Galileo was able to discover that the four tiny dots...

Page 7: ...epiece focal length Lets give an example for our telescope and the supplied eyepieces Telescope focal length is 640mm H20 eyepiece focal length is 20 mm 640 20 32 This means that the H20 eyepiece prov...

Page 8: ...agnified the image is the darker it gets Q Is my telescope compatible with other eyepieces A Omegon telescopes are compatible with all telescope eyepieces from different manufacturers as long as the e...

Page 9: ...thing when I look through my telescope A The telescope is only suitable for astronomical observing and when used outside at night Observing from inside the house or during the day is not usually possi...

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