Date: October 8, 2011
Title: Magnification
Podcaster: The Telescope Man, a.k.a. Joe Lalumia
Organization: Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX.
Links: www.texasastro.org
Joe’s website: www.telescopeman.org
Description: TelescopeMan discusses the least important property of a telescope which is magnification. Lots of beginner amateur astronomers are overly worried about how much magnification can they apply using their recently purchased first telescope.
Simply put, do not worry about magnification.
Bio: Joe Lalumia, also known as The Telescope Man, is the President of the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX.
Original audio file: http://www.archive.org/details/Telescopeman_magnification
Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days Of Astronomy” has been brought to you by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in honor of International Observe the Moon Night, happening tonight, October 8, 2011. Find a NASA Night Sky Network astronomy club to find a moon party in the United States or check the International Observe the Moon Night website to find events around the world.
Transcript:
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