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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Excellent idea Rob.
lets many newbies know what to expect when looking through a scope similar to yours.
Many Telescope ads are very misleading. They show huge planets and full colour nebulas and Giant galaxies.
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Thanks Ken, jjjnettie! Yeah Ken, a post in the Beginners section kinda inspired it. There are no giant planets the size of 20c coins to be seen through the eyepiece of any of our telescopes! Go video (webcams etc) if you want that - Ken will show you!
And 225x is 225x no matter what scope you're looking through, only the width of the field might vary with premium eyepieces. That is, the same view through say a 16" Dob at 225x (using whatever eyepiece) except tiny Mars will be blindingly bright! Your mind is a wonderful thing though, and works to 'compensate' for the tiny size.
So with Mars if you want to see something even reasonably large you need a bigger scope than mine that has the resolution to go to 400 or 500x, but above all you need the seeing to handle it. And that's rare!
Cheers -