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Old 24-03-2005, 11:35 PM
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Try pointing the binos toward the sky or something bright and then looking into the eyepieces a bit away from your eye you will see a disc of light. This is what we call the 'exit pupil'.

The aperture of the objective lens divided by the exit pupil size will give you the magnification. I hope that made sense.
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