sorted .
A 16 inch at 200x will show an exactly the same sized ( angular ) Jupiter as a 2.4 inch refractor at 200x , just don't expect the same image .
Here is Saturn ( 150,000,000,000) km away at 197x . Yes Saturn is 1500 million km away .
Brian
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Originally Posted by Stonius
Ah, that makes more sense. You're basically saying that same magnification in different scopes yields same angular size to the eye? It was the 'makes it closer' thing' I was questioning because, you know, parallax. Same as zooming in on an object is different from moving the camera closer to that object.
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