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16 years 4 months ago #58540 by XULYKS
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AFAIK

870mm / 5.7mm = Your Magnification. Which is about 152x
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16 years 4 months ago #58541 by Tonybwf
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Hey thanks for that.... :oops: how do you calculate that??
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16 years 4 months ago #58543 by cjbigboy
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Newbie here too!

To work out magnification divide the focal length of the scope by the focal length of the eyepiece, so in your case 870mm divided by 5.7mm = 152x approx


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16 years 4 months ago #58783 by Tonybwf
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Hey thanks for that :lol:
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