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Old 15-04-2007, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by matt View Post
Well... I'd recommend your next purchase be a Televue 5x Powermate.

That will give you an effective focal length of 6000mm and you'll be working in the general planetary imaging sweet zone of f30
Eeeek

I'm just trying to imagine how fast Jupiter would fly across the field of view with a 5x Powermate before I would have to nudge the scope again. Maybe one day when I eventually build my EQ platform and have some form of tracking.
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