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Old 29-09-2006, 02:45 AM
TomD
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Originally Posted by janoskiss
Well, that's hardly a subjective thing; whether Jupiter is egg or disk shaped. I think its a matter of magnification. You need to use the EP in a long focal length scope where it produces high magnification to see the "egg" shaped Jupiter.
You are correct...it was a poor example of subjectivity. In any event, I have a (fairly) short fl scope (f/6.2) and, as you said, that is probably why Jupiter looks round to me.

Tom
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