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Old 28-09-2005, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dhumpie
I agree that its more the skill than the size of the scope Back in the mid 80's I used my "small" 40mm f/20 Celestron Cometron refractor to resolve surface markings and a polar ice cap on Mars at opposition. Magnification used was 100x.

Darren
I had one of my best views of mars thru a 60mm telescope in the mid eighties also.
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