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My wife gave me as a present a "do not ever by this!" department store
70/700 scope wich came with 2 eyepieces, a Kellner 4mm an a SR 20mm. The 4mm gave 175x which was over the recommended (140x) magnification for the scope. It realy hooked me into astronomy so I decided to buy a 11mm Televue Plossl eypiece witch was a big improvement and today I bougth a Celestron Ultima Barlow 2x. The 11mm TV gave me 64x so with the barlow I shoud get 128x which should be just fine for the apperture. BUT when I try the 11mm TV with the Barlow on Mars I get a BIGGER planetary disk than with the 4mm eyepiece. I can tell this because with my other eye I can compare the planet to the holes on the tripod. And yes I put the barlow after the diagonal. What happens here? I suppose 175x is bigger than 128x. Is this right? What am I missing? |
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