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    Anyone try high magnification in their 65mm

    The most important thing regarding deep sky objects is how dark your viewing location is, rather than the scope being used. Nebulas and galaxies won't be resolved except maybe the brightest such as the Orion nebula and M31, M81 and M82. Planetary nebulae benefit from high power, such as the...
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    Anyone try high magnification in their 65mm

    Hi Dd61999, Welcome. I don't actually own a 65mm Pentax, but if I did I would expect it to be good up to 130x with astro or Pentax eyepieces. Others here would probably expect a cautious 100x. I had the Pentax 100mm f/12 astro refractor, the importer's demonstrator, and it was fully useful on...
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