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Old 30-03-2010, 08:00 PM
Wavytone
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Originally Posted by pgc hunter View Post
experimenting with magnification
According to what you are looking at, either maximum field of view (limited by the eyepiece barrel) or maximum magnification limited by the seeing - field of view is NOT relevant on small objects. Depending on the night that could be anywhere from 100X to 300X.

In both cases image quality and eyerelief are important and I'm happy to settle for a smaller field of view for an eyepiece that is comfortable (eye relief), contrasty, sharp, well-corrected view free of ghosts.
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