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Old 08-08-2007, 03:52 PM
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Also magnification is not affected bythe barrel diameter. That is to say an eyepiece of 22mm focal length and say, 40 deg AFOV is 83 x in a 16" F4.5 regardless of diameter of the eyepiece. I am not sure if this is true of exit pupil though - anyone know?

Mind you, having said that I am not sure if you would actually go near a 2" with such a small AFOV at 22mm!
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