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Old 26-10-2007, 12:47 PM
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Just got my XW40

Cloudy nights for a while I guess.

This will give a magnification of about 70x with a FOV of 1 whole degree. Looking forward to giving it a run on the Moon at the weekend. At the lunar eclipse I only had the 30 which gave enough magnification that the Moon just about filled the view completely. A number of people at the public viewing reckoned they couldn't see anything because all they could see was "Moon" with very little around it. In the end I had to jog the Moon over to the edge so they could see some sort of difference.
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Old 26-10-2007, 10:36 PM
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So i guess you wont need that 30 anymore then Trevor?
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Old 27-10-2007, 02:41 AM
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I have the 30XW but for 40mm I use a WO SWAN. Getting a 40XW is probably in my future.
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Old 27-10-2007, 09:41 AM
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Nice, I had one of those once and sold it...

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Old 27-10-2007, 01:17 PM
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So i guess you wont need that 30 anymore then Trevor?
Maybe I will let you have a look through the 40 at Snake Valley....I guess I will have to booby trap the 30!
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