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Old 09-21-2010, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Chi-Town View Post
I believe that the video that bkcunningham1 posted is a telescopic view of Jupiter and the dots on either side are some of its moons. I guess the power to be around 60-80. I've seen the moons at 40 power.

Chi-Town, the clip said, "Taken handheld with a digital camera held afocal up to the eyepiece as Jupiter passed through the field of view.
Baader Planetarium 17mm Hyperion eyepiece. Astro-Tech AT6M 6" Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope."

I don't know what any of that means to be honest.