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Originally Posted by g__day
The other consideration is only a handful of objects love magnification - the Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Omega Centurai - a lot look great at lower magnifcation if you have sufficent light grasp.
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I am surprised that that is your experience. For me, under steady conditions pretty much any object will eat up magnification. I have seen incredible detail in the full range of objects under high power. I guess I have the benefit of 20 inches light grasp.
Even under average conditions, I find that galaxies will hold up to magnification pretty well. That ends up being my dilemma when observing from the backyard (surburban) in average seeing conditions; do I go for the faint fuzzies at high power, which may be a bit washed out due to light pollution, or do I go for the local stuff, where seeing is compromised.
