how to resolve Mir?
Geoff Chester (NASEP007@sivm.si.edu)
Thu, 9 Jan 97 09:14:52 EST
Ryan Rudnicki wrote:
>What is the minimum magnification required to resolve Mir?
A couple of years ago I watched pass of Mir with my home-built 8-inch
Dobsonian from the Blue Ridge in Wintergreen VA. Thanks to the design of
this scope I was able to track Mir by hand for about 30 seconds at a mag-
nification of about 48X. It showed a very apparent "T"-shaped outline...
I would suspect based on this observation that a power of around 25X would
begin to show structure.
TTFN
Geoff
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