What is the magnifying power of this telescope?
diente asked:
It is a refracting telescope and has an objective lens of focal length 80 cm, a diameter of 10 cm, and an eyepiece of focal length 5 cm and diameter 1 cm.
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It is a refracting telescope and has an objective lens of focal length 80 cm, a diameter of 10 cm, and an eyepiece of focal length 5 cm and diameter 1 cm.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:54 am
The magnifying power is the ratio of the focal lengths, objective divided by eyepiece.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I came up with a magnification of about 16
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