Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica lens turned into a telescope - can it be done?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 20:53:29 -0500
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At 10:48 AM 11/5/2000 -0500, Vick Ko wrote:
>I'd like to see the rings of saturn.  How "big" a telescope
>would I need?  Telescopes are more normally quoted
>as lens or mirror diameter, and sometimes f-stop.
>
>Or - how long a Leitz lens, with this objective, would I need?
>

I have seen the rings of Saturn with a 5/400 Telyt-V, second version, with
the appropriate 14127 adapter and the R Telescope Ocular.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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