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title: "1.25 Inch X-Cel LX 3X Barlow Lens, Black"
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# 3-element apochromatic optics with multi-coating 3x magnification boost Brass compression ring for secure grip 1.25 Inch X-Cel LX 3X Barlow Lens, Black

**Brand:** celestron
**Price:** ₨72397
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🔭 Elevate your telescope game—see more, discover more, be the star of every stargazing circle!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 1.25 Inch X-Cel LX 3X Barlow Lens, Black by celestron
- **How much does it cost?** ₨72397 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.lk](https://www.desertcart.lk/products/2680291-1-25-inch-x-cel-lx-3x-barlow-lens-black)

## Best For

- celestron enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted celestron brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Triple Your Viewing Power:** Instantly triple the magnification of any 1.25” eyepiece for breathtaking lunar and planetary detail.
- • **Comfort Grip in Any Condition:** Centralized rubber ring ensures a firm, non-slip hold—even with gloves or cold fingers—so you never miss a moment.
- • **Filter-Ready for Custom Views:** Threaded barrel accepts standard 1.25” filters, so you can easily switch filters without removing the Barlow lens.
- • **Precision Optics for Vivid Clarity:** 3-element apochromatic lenses with full multi-coating deliver sharp, bright images with superior color correction.
- • **Secure & Scratch-Free Eyepiece Hold:** Brass compression ring gently locks your eyepiece in place—no more scratches or slips during your stargazing sessions.

## Overview

The Celestron 1.25 Inch X-Cel LX 3X Barlow Lens triples the magnification of any 1.25” telescope eyepiece with premium 3-element apochromatic optics and fully multi-coated lenses for bright, sharp, and color-corrected views. Featuring a brass compression ring for secure, scratch-free eyepiece holding, a threaded barrel for 1.25” filters, and a non-slip rubber grip, this lens is designed for serious amateur astronomers seeking enhanced detail and comfort. Backed by a 2-year US warranty and expert support, it’s a trusted upgrade for fast, short focal length telescopes.

## Description

Product Description When inserted between the eyepiece and telescope, this premium 3x Barlow lens triples the magnification of all your 1. 25" eyepieces. This is a perfect accessory for owners of short, fast telescopes, and is especially helpful for boosting the magnification during lunar or planetary observations under good seeing conditions. The apochromatic, fully multi-coated optics offer great color correction and contrast. The black anodized housing with orange highlights matches the eyepieces in the Celestron X-Cel LX line. A centralized rubber grip helps to keep your hands securely on the barrel, even when your fingers are cold or you are wearing gloves. A brass compression ring just inside the top of the X-Cel Barlow grabs your eyepiece gently but firmly when you turn the thumbscrew. Once the thumbscrew has been secured in place, the brass ring keeps your eyepiece in the Barlow instead of relying on the tip of the thumbscrew itself, offering a better and protecting the barrel from scratches. The barrel of the Celestron X-Cel LX 3X Barlow is threaded to accept 1. 25" filters, allowing you to change eyepieces without requiring you to remove and re-attach the filter from each eyepiece barrel. Set Contains: 1 x X-Cel LX 3x Barlow Lens 1.25 inches

Review: Zero Loss of Quality for me - Only thing is it’s hard to find objects when you’re super zoomed in - but yeah probably better to get this than an eyepiece that is too powerful for your aperture. Recommend , but take the time to get used to finding objects before showing it off. Fit - Percect. Magnification- Excellent. Brightness - Great. Value - definitely
Review: New tricks on an old dog. - I have a 20 year old Celestron 114" Newtonian telescope that was in the attic for a number of years. The really basic eye pieces that it came with back in the day were terrible to start with. I had a ton of fun with them nonetheless. So when the Comet Lovejoy got all the craze, I decided to pull out my old telescope. I cleaned the mirror and looked up. The eye pieces were scratched and utterly useless. So I purchased both the 25mm and the 7mm X-Cel eye pieces and this X-Cel LX 3x barlow Lens. All I can say is holy smokes! It's like a whole new telescope. The clarity and field of view is amazing. The X-Cel LX series of optics is so well worth the price, I really can't say enough of how amazed I was with them.

## Features

- TRIPLE THE POWER OF YOUR TELESCOPE EYEPIECES: This quality X-Cel LX 3x Barlow triples the magnification of any 1.25” astronomical eyepiece. It's perfect for owners of fast, short focal length telescopes.
- 3-ELEMENT APOCHROMATIC OPTICS: All air-to-glass surfaces are fully multi-coated with anti-reflective coatings. You'll enjoy bright, sharp images with excellent color correction.
- BRASS COMPRESSION RING: Rather than setscrews, the X-Cel LX 3x Barlow is equipped with a brass compression ring to hold your eyepiece securely in place without the risk of scratching or marring its barrel.
- ACCEPTS 1.25" FILTERS: The Barlow is threaded to accept standard 1.25" telescope eyepiece filters. Place the filter directly on the Barlow to use it with any eyepiece.
- NON-SLIP GRIP: A centralized rubber ring around the Barlow's barrel helps you grip the barrel securely, even when your fingers are cold or you are wearing gloves.
- UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00810N364 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #8 in Telescope Barlow Lenses |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,024) |
| Date First Available | January 17, 2012 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 5.3 ounces |
| Item model number | 93428 |
| Manufacturer | Celestron |
| Product Dimensions | 3 x 1.25 x 1.25 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Celestron
- **Compatible Devices:** Telescope, 1.25" Eyepiece
- **Eye Piece Lens Description:** Barlow
- **Focal Length Description:** 3x
- **Focus Type:** Manual Focus
- **Item Weight:** 0.15 Kilograms
- **Lens Coating Description:** Fully multi-coated
- **Model Name:** X-Cel LX 3x Barlow Lens - 1.25"
- **Objective Lens Diameter:** 25 Millimeters
- **Telescope Mount Description:** Altazimuth Mount

## Images

![1.25 Inch X-Cel LX 3X Barlow Lens, Black - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51iujovc6ML.jpg)
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![1.25 Inch X-Cel LX 3X Barlow Lens, Black - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61u3cpDCGrL.jpg)
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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can I use this Barlow eyepiece in conjunction with the Zoom lend Celestron 93230 8mm/24mm on the Celestron First scope? The Zoom eyepiece works great**
A: I do. I love the zoom lense because I can find what I'm looking for easily. Coupled with the Barlow you can get in a lot tighter on the planet, for example.  It's a lot easier to see the rings of Saturn with zoom lens and the Barlow put together.  It does make my Celestron Travelscope more prone to tipping over, however.

**Q: Will this work with the Celestron Travel Scope 70 ??**
A: Yes, but it is overkill.  There is no magic that will make your $90 telescope into the Hubble Space Telescope.  A simple word of advice here:  buy a better telescope before investing any more in this one.  Do not expect much more that 100x magnification from this telescope, no matter what you may add to it.

**Q: Is 3x barlows work with Celestron 21035 70mm Travel Scope? If it is too much for my travel scope, should I use 2x barlows to focus properly?**
A: It might work, but you may need better eyepieces, and a stronger tripod.  You may have to put the Barlow between the scope and diagonal - I think this is generally true for Refractor scopes, and you may need a longer Barlow (maybe ask Celestron - sometimes, you can't focus these scopes with a Barlow).  I have a 3x Barlow on my kids' cheap Meade refractor, and it's longer and plastic, but it works fine (they use a 25mm low-power EP with the Barlow, which is the equivalent of using a 8mm EP, but that's enough power to see tons of craters on the moon, Jupiter's stripes and moons, and Saturn's rings).  Their Barlow came with the scope, but no instructions to put it in between the scope and diagonal, not between the diagonal and eyepiece (this is unlike SCT and reflector style scopes).  The weight of this Barlow lens (and most semi-decent eyepieces) is probably the bigger issue, as it might be too heavy for the plastic focuser, and will definitely throw off the balance and weight limit of your tripod (if it doesn't just fall over, the tripod will have a harder time holding steady, and the focuser might bend or break).  Still, can't hurt to try.  Just buying a couple of decent, but relatively inexpensive Plossyl eyepieces (like from Meade's 4000 or 5000 series), will really make a difference, as it's the eyepieces that are the weakest part of budget scopes (that, and the tripod, of course).  The 5mm high power one that came with my kids' scope was total junk.  Most semi-decent "cheap" eyepieces cost more than your telescope.  It's fun, but not a cheap hobby, if you really want to enjoy it.  Spend your money on better eyepieces, and keep them for when you're ready to buy a nicer scope.  The best objects in the sky, like nebulas and DSO's, don't require much magnification - they require more light (from a bigger diameter scope), but the planets are best w/high magnification, and your inexpensive refractor can give you crystal-clear views of Jupiter and Saturn, even under polluted skies.  Wide view, low-power eyepieces let you see a bigger section of the sky - I often use low power EP's to find planets, and then I put in the Barlow or high-power eyepiece to see a close-up view.  I'd get a nice wide angle low mag EP (25mm) for viewing star clusters and the Orion Nebula (maybe a few bright DSO's), and one high mag EP (8-10mm) for viewing planets and the moon.  If you also get a Barlow, it's like doubling your EP collection.  FYI - Your scope's maximum magnification is 165x.  Scope's focal length = 400mm.  Magnification = Magn. power of Barlow x (Scope's focal length/focal length of eyepiece).  So, using a 10mm EP and a 3x Barlow, you get 3(400mm/10mm) = 120x, which is good for viewing planets and the moon.  Magnification and brightness have an inverse relationship.  The higher the magnification, the lower the light, so it's better to see stars and nebulae, which are dim, w/low power "wide angle" eyepieces, and save your high-power viewing for the planets and moon.

**Q: does this fit the celestron nexstar 4se?**
A: Yes, it does fit, but the real question is whether or not it will work with any specific eyepiece.  We suggest that you limit that telescope to no more than 250x magnification.  Do not use that Barlow in the NexStar 4SE with an eyepiece having less than 11mm focal length.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Zero Loss of Quality for me
*by S***N on September 29, 2024*

Only thing is it’s hard to find objects when you’re super zoomed in - but yeah probably better to get this than an eyepiece that is too powerful for your aperture. Recommend , but take the time to get used to finding objects before showing it off. Fit - Percect. Magnification- Excellent. Brightness - Great. Value - definitely

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ New tricks on an old dog.
*by E***T on January 19, 2015*

I have a 20 year old Celestron 114" Newtonian telescope that was in the attic for a number of years. The really basic eye pieces that it came with back in the day were terrible to start with. I had a ton of fun with them nonetheless. So when the Comet Lovejoy got all the craze, I decided to pull out my old telescope. I cleaned the mirror and looked up. The eye pieces were scratched and utterly useless. So I purchased both the 25mm and the 7mm X-Cel eye pieces and this X-Cel LX 3x barlow Lens. All I can say is holy smokes! It's like a whole new telescope. The clarity and field of view is amazing. The X-Cel LX series of optics is so well worth the price, I really can't say enough of how amazed I was with them.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blown away
*by H***I on June 2, 2013*

This is truly a quality piece of equipment. The first time I popped this little guy into my scope and looked at Saturn with something like 260x magnification, I was floored. The image was so crisp and beautiful that it really made me wonder where all the hate for Barlows comes from in the first place. If you are on the fence about getting a Barlow, look no further. For those wondering about the actual size of the piece, it is just about 6 centimeters long NOT COUNTING the end piece that rests inside of your focuser (or other Barlow if you are feeling particularly adventurous). The thicker part of the tube is about 4.5 centimeters in diameter. Despite the bulkier looks, it is actually surprisingly light. Does not come with any sort of case, just the box and the two endcaps.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Celestron 3X - 1.25” – X-Cel LX Barlow Lens
- Celestron – Zoom Eyepiece for Telescope – Versatile 8mm-24mm Zoom for Low Power and High Power Viewing – Works with Any Telescope That Accepts 1.25" Eyepieces
- Celestron 14 Piece Telescope Accessory Kit - Plossl Eyepieces, Barlow Lens, Colored Filters, Moon Filter, and Sturdy Carry Case

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