"Harald Lang" wrote in message
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Mick wrote:

Ok..so I took a toilet paper roll and looked at the waning crescent moon
this morning at 4:30 local time. I could see enough
earth shine to complete the disc...there is NO WAY Mars comes even close
at
120 X's magnification to being a comparable
angular diameter in the EP....the math says yes..my eyes say NO! Go
figure...


Maybe you should try *two* toilet paper rolls stacked -- since
one roll magnifies 1X, two must magnify 2X :-).

-- Harald

Yeah..and if she's made of wood, then she must be a witch!...burrrrn
her...burnnn her...