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Old 07-03-2012, 10:54 PM
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Hi Phil
Your scope has a 750mm focal length, divide by the 10mm fl of the eyepiece gives 75x then multiply by 2 for the barlow gives you 150x. Mars currently has an apparent diameter of 10.4 arc seconds which is about 180 times smaller than a full moon. Even at 150x it will still be really small.

Malcolm
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