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Project STAR telescope (upper, sciencefirst.com/vw_prdct_mdl.asp?mdl_cd=6540000) and Galileoscope (lower, www.galileoscope.org), both aimed at the first quarter Moon at dusk, for a direct comparison of light-gathering, resolving, and magnification powers of their respective images.
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FOV (inverted) through the Galileoscope (www.galileoscope.org) of the first quarter Moon (25x) at dusk.
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Originally uploaded by Waifer X
FOV (inverted) through the Project STAR telescope (sciencefirst.com/vw_prdct_mdl.asp?mdl_cd=6540000) of the first quarter Moon (approximately 15x) at dusk. Image is actually sharper than this, but adequate prime focus photography is difficult due to extremely poor eye relief.
Photos by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.
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