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Old July 28th 03, 02:41 AM
bwhiting
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Default Mars Magnification

A papertowel roll should be good for at least 5 x! :-)
TW




Harald Lang wrote in message ...

Mick wrote:


Ok..so I took a toilet paper roll and looked at the waning crescent moon



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


Nah, mustn't overdo the magnification with these cheap small-aperture scopes