Dear all,

While observing with my 20" tonight, a colleague of mine and I noticed a very, very good seeing and we decided to try and see how high we could push the magnification. On Epsilon Lyrae we achieved a magnification of 2560x by using a 4-2 mm Nagler click zoom eyepiece (2 mm setting) and a 2x barlow. Using the same eyepiece (4 mm setting) and the barlow, resulting in a magnification of 1260x, we observed the Ring nebula, which didn't fit completely in the field of view anymore!

Has anyone here tried such extreme magnifications as well?


Clear skies,

Wouter van Reeven