Re: Stelllarvue Nighthawk vs Orion 80mm ED

From: Howard Lester (heylester_at_dakotacom.net)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:00:50 -0700

"Izar187" wrote

> What is the practicle useful maximum magnification for these scopes?

I can go up to a maximum of 200x with my 3mm Radian. The moon and saturn and
stars can take that magnification when the seeing is decent; I don't yet
know about other objects.

Howard Lester

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