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Old 15-10-2007, 09:54 PM
1958van (Peter)
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Highest magnification, how much really

I can't imagine more than about 750x given you need to look through so much atmosphere, especially at low elevations. My highest with a usable picture was 570x looking at Jupiter, an Orion 3.8ED in my 180 Mewlon (FL 2160mm) and it has a very good mirror. Peter

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Mewlon 180 on a GP-DX and Televue Genesis on a TV alt/az mount. Fav EPs, 24.5 Meade SWA and 19 Pano, got a set of Siebert planetary EPs (5.4, 7, 10, 12.5 and 15). Celestron 15x70 binos.
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