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Old 14-08-2012, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Astro_Bot View Post
... is there anything particularly different about planetary imaging?
Just about everything. The small diameter lens and relatively short focal length of an ED80 make getting a large and bright enough image difficult and the resolving power isn't there. Also a large imaging sensor used for deep sky is not optimal for planets. Not that it can't be done, but there's better ways to do it.
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