It's about the size of a pencil point, maybe two, in mine....that's with the 6mm lense. With the SR4, it's a little bit bigger, but I can't get it focused very well. I don't know any of those other measurements offhand, but with Ian's calculator it looks like i should be able to calculate my magnification once i get home.
Should I be cleaning the lenses in the telescope, or on the eye piece? And if so, how? On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:255379 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
