A challenge?

One Problem Guys, The image would need to be several degrees wide to capture saturn and the galaxies. At that scale saturn would appear as no nore than a starlike object. Would certainly be pretty though.

One more question.... Is there much point in getting a 2x Barlow for the Skylux, or should I wait until I get a bigger scope for that? Brand new they seem to be around €50 which is almost as much as the telescope so I'm in no hurry to buy one anyway.

IIRC the Skylux is a 70mm refractor, so you should be able to use magnifications up to around 150x depending on the seeing. A 2x Barlow is certainly one way of increasing the number of magnification steps you have at your disposal even if the top magnification is OTT!

Magnification is worked out by dividing the focal length of the telescope by the focal length of the eyepiece. You can usually push the magnification up to around 50x per inch of aperture. Your minimum useful magnification is around 10x (70mm aperture divided by 7mm maximum exit pupil.) As I don't know the focal length of the Skylux you'll have to work out what eyepiece will give you 10x for yourself!

Phil.

One Problem Guys, The image would need to be several degrees wide to capture saturn and the galaxies. At that scale saturn would appear as no nore than a starlike object. Would certainly be pretty though.

My thoughts exactly.