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Old 24-05-2009, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by M54 View Post
Hi all,

I've been reading about eyepieces and the author is talking about long focal length telescopes and short focal length telescopes.

My telescope is a 130cm, 900mm focal length, f/7 reflector.
Is this a long or short focal length, I don't know what is considered long and short.

Thanks in advance,
Molly.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a definition my self but here are my personal guidelines...

Short (Fast) to me is anything less than f/5

Everything else I think of as long (slow)....
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