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Originally Posted by adman
One of the things that I found most surprising when I was starting out was the size of some of the objects. There are some nebulae that are around the same angular size as the full moon - eta Carina etc. It just takes long exposures to make the full extent of them visible.
All will become clear when you start to take a few astrophotos rather than terrestrial photos!
Adam
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Righto! that now makes some sense, thank you. I did get out between the clouds last night and had a quick look at Jupiter through an 11mm. I really want to push the magnification so as to see bands etc (for viewing at least), so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated