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Old 08-09-2014, 01:26 PM
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CCD camera does not have magnification, but it has "scale", expressed in arcsec per pixel, for example.
This number will depend of the focal length of the objective and the pixel size.
See here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ighlight=scale
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ighlight=scale
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ighlight=scale

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