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Old 02-12-2005, 08:25 PM
xrekcor
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Dont think you would use a 5x much for visual, planetary imaging it would be handy in
either the newt or C9.25 (maybe)

what focal length ep's do you have? is it for visual of imaging?

I have a 8" f/6 newt and have a 2x and a 3x I tend to use the 2x mostly even though
the 3x performs better although the 3x does get used a bit with my 14mm ep the 2x
give me and equivilent 7mm from the 14mm ep and 5mm from the 10mm ep with I use
in combination with a 3.5mm (never barlowed, not that I haven't tried) but these three
config's give me all I need for planetary, splitting doubles and smaller dso's. Haven't
heard of the 3x powermate. But if I were to get a powermate I think I would go for
2.5 times if it's for visual and a 5x for planetary imaging. But that's my setup the 5x
powermate might be getting a bit overkill on the C9.25, someone else will here will
know about that.

regards,CS
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