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Old 15-05-2018, 08:10 PM
Tropo-Bob (Bob)
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Originally Posted by Icearcher View Post
Thanks all.

I don't have any eyepieces at present, I went into this game on the astrophotography side so I'm starting from scratch.

The 72ed has a focal length of 420mm, is there a formula to figure out what view an eyepiece will give?
A telescope's focal length divided by the eyepieces focal length gives the magnification.

So for your scope, a 10mm EP would give 42x. whereas a 6mm EP would give 70x.
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