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A question on the 4x Powermate. In examining one I noticed the
entrance pupil of this unit is only about one half to five eights inch in diameter. It seems a significant portion of the light from the objective is not going make it through that small an entrance pupil. While this may not be important for something like solar work where there is lots of light, it has to have a real dimming effect on deep sky work, no? In other words, isn't the 4x Powermate design cutting off a lot of the light from the objective? Wouldn't the image in a two inch 10 mm eyepiece be significantly brighter than in a two inch 40mm with 4x Powermate? Thanks. |
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