Mr Dingo -
You have been struggling with this for a while. It is not clear to me that you fully understand what the Milky Way looks like through an amateur scope. You will not see star clouds. You will not see stars filling the field with tiny dark spaces between. What you will see i more stars than you will see elsewhere in the sky. Period. Most beginner are disappointed when their scope do not deliver near-Hubble image. Your scope i simply not capable of doing that. Most beginners also think they can see more by just increasing the magnification. That i simply false.
Please, try to consider the advice of those that have a bit more experience. You dont need higher magnification. You dont need a Barlow. You dont need new eyepiece. What you really need is to learn whats really up there and establish realistic expectation. If you want to see star clouds, you had better start looking at a 36 inch Dobsonian, saving your money, and building a garage to store it in. If you want to see the brightest nebulae (in your 4 in. reflector), expect to see dim, gray smudges with no detail. My recommendation, for what it worth, i to drop in on a couple of star partie held by your local astronomy club. See what a good 8 or 10 inch Dob can do. Divide that by 2 or 3, and you will get an idea of what to expect from your little (and I stress little) 4 inch reflector on a really good night. Patience is a virtue. Your scope i, Im afraid, only slightly better than a decent binocular.
The bottom line in amateur astronomy, as in most other hobbie, i that you get what you pay for. Scopes that cost 40 times what you paid cannot meet your expectation. It time to establish realistic goal.
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