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Old 07-12-2008, 07:11 PM
Ian Robinson
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You can see 11th mag stars with a 60mm refractor and easily with a 80mm refractor or binos.

A 6" newt will give you stars about 13th mag I believe depending on you visual accuity and seeing conditions

http://www.twcac.org/Tutorials/limit...tude_table.htm

http://www.go.ednet.ns.ca/~larry/astro/maglimit.html

Last edited by Ian Robinson; 07-12-2008 at 07:32 PM.
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