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Originally Posted by Blue Skies
Ditto to that. Yes, you can push past 200x but its rarely worth it - except on those rare nights of rock-steady seeing! They don't come around that often, unfortunately. When they do, you'll remember them for a long time after, too, because they're just so amazing compared to what we normally get.
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Those nights are rare and memorable. Last year I was observing saturn through the 10" newt and thought gee thats sharp tonight went down to a 6mm eyepiece still sharp, dropped in a 2x barlow and wow what a view at 400x.
Rick