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Originally posted by Misfit
Eh,
Because of another thread I am involved in, I was inspired to go buy a telescope.
It is a Meade Polaris 60AZ-A 60mm, F-700mm
w/
MA25mm and MH9mm eyes
2x Barlow
5x24 Viewfinder.
Now, if I am using it terrestrially, it is great, I mean the viewinder alone is half the power of my Tasco binolulars.
But as for solar, hmm, what am I not getting?
I do understand about city light interference, but that seems would degrade just the clarity, not the magnification.
Misfit
Magnification doesn't have anything to do with this. It's because other moons are too dim.
Originally posted by taibunsuu
Even with a 300x reflector telescope you can just make out 4 satellites around Jupiter and the red eye. I mean, it's tiny, but still pretty cool.
Size of eyepiece doesn't have anything to do with telesope's light gathering power.
Originally posted by beergoggles
Part of the problem is the .965 eyepieces they sent with the scope, it just can't gather enough light to give you the views you are looking for. As for the magnification, the barlow should double it.
Originally posted by Misfit
Have I got a bunk or cheap tele? Is there something I am missing? (have went over the whopping 3 page pamphlete, just nothing else there to miss).