First off.. forget the 30x for a minute. What's the focal length of the telescope? What's the diameter of the mirror? For example I have a 4.5" telescope with a 1000mm focal length. Then we can work out what you need to see Saturn. Which you can see.. it's beautiful. It's about as big as a pencil eraser through my telescope with a 6mm lens but still impressive
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:44 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wife bought me a telescope a few years ago, and I've been using it from > time to time, usually just to look at the moon. Supposedly Saturn is > currently at opposition, with it's rings visible if your telescope has a > magnification of 30. I have no idea what that means. I found Saturn the > other night, and it just looked like another star. How can I tell if my > telescope has a magnification of 30?? > > My telescope came with 3 different eyepieces: One says 20H, one says 6M, the > other says 4SR. I know that the lower the number, the higher the > magnification...but beyond that, I have no idea what these numbers mean. Can > anyone on here educate me? > > If i wanted to get greater magnification, can I just buy an eyepiece? I'm > sure there is a maximum magnification setting for my telescope, but how can > I tell what that is?? I want to be able to see some planets. > > TIA! > BG > > -- > My word's but a whisper > Your deafness, a shout > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255375 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
