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Another Noobie!!
Hi All
My name is Steve, and I have been browsing through your fantastic site / forums for a while now. You should all feel pretty proud in the way your community behaves, and the way that the site portrays amateur astronomy, especially when taken from the perspective of an outsider looking in.
I don’t own a scope as yet, but some day…………!
I suffice at the moment with a pair of 7 x 50 binoculars. And I’ve got to admit, I get lost at times with those! I can only imagine the fun I will have with something bigger.
My question, however, is to try and put some perspective on the sorts of views attainable through a good quality scope. I know I should attend a meet, but distance is a bit of a problem. Any way, how small an aperture (lets say a Newtonian) will pick up the comet Tempel? Can the image of it be made out? Could any of you detect an appreciable increase in light source from the impact a few months ago?
Cheers
Steve
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