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Tele Vue 5x Powermate, 1.25" Image Amplifier

SKU: TVBL5XN MFR: PMT-5126
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Key Features

  • Boost your telescope's magnification power 5x with this Tele Vue 1.25" Powermate!
  • Enjoy enhanced image quality and detail for planetary and lunar viewing sessions.
  • Perfect for high-power observing; this image amplifier excels in various conditions.
  • Features a brass clamp ring & captive screw, ensuring secure eyepiece placement.
  • Optimized for 1.25" eyepieces, expanding your telescope's versatility seamlessly.
  • Achieve superior eye relief compared to standard Barlow lenses for comfortable viewing.
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Shopper : Why Did You Choose This?RICHARD J : I needed more magnification for imaging the planets.Thomas E : the best 5x Barlow out there. Cant go wrong with Tele Vue

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2024-08-22T08:28:18

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent quality in an image amplifier

Excellent image, transparency and quality. This is not a simple barlow, it is an image amplifier which uses optics design to capture as much light as possible from the telescope and magnify the image. I am attaching a video taken with a Lunt 50 H-alpha solar telescope, which shows the excellent quality of the image. Note the solar flare and prominences captured. The prominences are extremely faint details which get easily wiped out by a low quality barlow.

Hermann P.

2024-04-23T17:46:03

Rated 5 out of 5

Powermate 2x

Grand slam in my book. Wow . For me this was a must have. Tele vue simply blows my mind. This mag does exactly as described and then some .

Patrick V.

2022-01-20T10:39:59

Rated 5 out of 5

As expected

Can?t go wrong with a Televue

Gil B.

2022-01-09T03:30:35

Rated 5 out of 5

Great resolution

Wonderful resolution - far better than an ordinary barlow.

James S.

2020-12-06T12:46:19

Rated 5 out of 5

Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate

Due to cloudy skies, I haven't had a lot of scope time with this Powermate lens but I have viewed Jupiter, Saturn, and sunspots with it and my 19mm Clave lens and I have to say that I'm quite pleased with the sharpness and clarity of the images. The lens definitely has some weight to it which necessitated my having to put some brakes on the scope tube for balance but that was no big deal. Also, it was a very pleasant experience dealing with Adorama for the purchase. Great lens!

GARY W.

2020-11-25T08:04:46

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent quality!

The Televue 5X Powermate, like the Televue eyepieces I have, is high quality. I purchased it for use with my Nikon dslr for photography through a Series 6000 Meade refractor and I am quite happy with the results. One note: the refractor did not provide enough focusing distance for the camera-Televue combination. Adding an inexpensive Orion eyepiece extension tube solved the problem.

DAVID M.

2017-08-15T10:52:42

Rated 5 out of 5

Simply the best

I bought it for tasking pictures through my TV-85. I wanted the sun or moon to fill a full frame sensor. Works perfectly for that. Also stunning when used visually. Be aware, as a 2" accessory it is deceptively big and heavy. Since most high-powered eyepieces are 1 1/4" size, they tend to be much smaller and lighter than using this beast. But the views through are incredible! As an accessory for full-frame photography, this can't be beat.

CARL S.

2017-07-28T12:23:34

Rated 5 out of 5

If all astro products were made this well...

It allowed me to see the Calcium bandwidth for the first time with both eyes, which means also seeing the objects for the first time, after several years going mono. A work of art.

TED H.

2016-03-30T13:07:36

Rated 5 out of 5

It's great!

It's great! Fits well, attached 20mm and 32mm eyepieces. Worked really well. Recommend it!

B H.

2013-01-21T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Nice quality, bettter than any barlows

This is a quality 'magnificator' for your 1.25" EP. As advertised, it is better than a normal barlow and provides 2.5X magnification and nothing else. Yes it does make you get some more money out of your pocket than barlows, but it does a better job so I think it's worth it.

Stevie

2011-10-09T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

A must for planet imaging

This product is very solid. The optics are first class and gives me the size I was looking for.

gary m.

2011-03-12T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Great Optics

As always you cant go wrong with a Tele Vue. This item is well built and has great through put on light. I use this for visual veiwing and astrophotography.

Oregon M.

2010-11-20T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

MUCH BETTER THAN AN ORDINARY BARLOW!

Use this with my 85mm and 105mm refractors and it works great!! To my eyes, it is shows a much clearer visual image than the barlow I was previously using. Another wonderful product from Al & David Nagler and the folks at Tele Vue!!

TC

2010-08-08T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Super Powermate

I use this mainly for astrophotography. It works great with the Nagler 17mm eye piece also.

Mike

2007-02-04T19:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

Great way to enhance viewing

Although I have only used the Tele Vue 2.5 Powermate on selected viewing occasions at our LCAS Astronomy Club dark sky sites,I found it to be a wonderful addition to my deep sky viewing capabilities. The clarity and eye relief the powermate offers adds to a great pleasure in the astronomy hobby.

John

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Tele Vue Powermate Specifications

  • Package Weight

    1.480.55lb

  • Box Dimensions (LxWxH)

    4.6 x 2.2 x 2.1"

  • UPC Code

    410000032329

5 Accessories for Tele Vue 5x Powermate, 1.25" Image Amplifier

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Great Optics

By Oregon M.

As always you cant go wrong with a Tele Vue. This item is well built and has great through put on light. I use this for visual veiwing and astrophotography.

Excellent quality in an image amplifier

By Hermann P.

Excellent image, transparency and quality. This is not a simple barlow, it is an image amplifier which uses optics design to capture as much light as possible from the telescope and magnify the image. I am attaching a video taken with a Lunt 50 H-alpha solar telescope, which shows the excellent quality of the image. Note the solar flare and prominences captured. The prominences are extremely faint details which get easily wiped out by a low quality barlow.

Experience the exceptional performance of the Tele Vue 5x Powermate 1.25" Image Amplifier, a superior optical tool designed to enhance your viewing and photography experience. This device not only amplifies power but also maintains the eyepiece's eye-relief, providing a comfortable viewing experience.

The Tele Vue Powermate is more than just a Barlow lens; it's a four-element parfocal, compact amplifying lens system that improves eyepiece sharpness by slowing down your telescope's f-number. This innovative design also allows for the introduction of compensations for eyepiece aberrations, ensuring a clear and sharp image every time.

The Powermate's unique design includes a negative achromatic doublet and a positive "pupil-correcting" doublet. This combination ensures your eyepiece operates with pupil locations as intended by the designer, eliminating mismatch problems. The Powermate is designed to optimally mate its power to your eyepieces, eliminating the need for an additional "interface lens".

The Tele Vue 5x Powermate 1.25" Image Amplifier is not just about performance, it's also about convenience. It's designed to be parfocal with Tele Vue's 1-1/4" 90-degree diagonal, often used in Ranger telescopes, adding a level of convenience not previously available with any Barlow.

For those using Tele Vue's Paracorr coma corrector with Dobsonian/Newtonian telescopes, the Powermate can be placed into the Paracorr's 1-1/4" adapter, ensuring a seamless viewing experience.

This version of the Powermate also accepts the Tele Vue PTR-1250 T-ring Adapter, allowing for close coupling cameras and CCD Imagers. For imaging purposes, the user can simply unscrew the eyepiece holder barrel and screw on the T-Ring Adapter instead.

With the Tele Vue 5x Powermate 1.25" Image Amplifier, you're not just getting an optical tool, you're getting a promise of quality, performance, and convenience.

Tele Vue Powermate Features

  • 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).
  • Higher magnifications are possible with high optical performance compared to "doubling up" Barlows.
  • All will reach parfocal point in star diagonals, except for the 2", 2x which comes very close.

Key Features

  • Boost your telescope's magnification power 5x with this Tele Vue 1.25" Powermate!
  • Enjoy enhanced image quality and detail for planetary and lunar viewing sessions.
  • Perfect for high-power observing; this image amplifier excels in various conditions.
  • Features a brass clamp ring & captive screw, ensuring secure eyepiece placement.
  • Optimized for 1.25" eyepieces, expanding your telescope's versatility seamlessly.
  • Achieve superior eye relief compared to standard Barlow lenses for comfortable viewing.

What's in the box:

  • Brass Clamp Ring and Captive Screw