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Old 04-03-2007, 10:39 AM
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The general visual magnification rule is that you will get about 40x-50x for every inch of aperture. So a 8" telescope has a max visual magnification of 320x-400x. This is further limited by the seeing conditions, limited by atmospheric conditions etc.
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