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Old 24-04-2014, 04:05 PM
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I think they mean 1000 mm (focal length), not 1000x magnification! (which would be useless for this setup or indeed under any terrestrial viewing conditions no matter what your equipment, even if you could theoretically achieve it with their EP/barlow combination). Also, resolving power should be 1 second, not 1 inch... The Kellner eyepieces are probably going to be poor performers.

Hard to tell who makes this - it doesn't look like a Synta. But whoever wrote the package description doesn't know much about astronomy. I'd be leery.
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