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My dad is the 'White trash astrologist'
He had a few lenses left over from various projects so he decided to build some telescopes. Was just using one of them to look at the moon
Sweet.    Check out the focus: 
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pretty sweet, but don't you mean astronomer?
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Whoops. Yeah you know he also can read palms....
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Will this help with your pics?
That looks pretty cool. What kind of magnification?
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That's the spirit!
The mustard needs to have the protective wrapper removed before use...
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If your dad needs some advice of those telescopes, he should contact me.
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A mikerscope has the kind that makes stuff look smaller....or sumthin' like that. 
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My first thought was: "Is he telling fortunes down at the trailer park again"
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you gotta post those pics correctly so I don't have to flip my computer screen or stand on my head, my wife already thinks I'm funny.
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Those will magnify, but not much...maybe 10x or 15x, which is plenty for many things. What's important with a telescope is that the front lens captures more light than the eye, so you can see DIM things, not SMALL things. Stuff in the sky is surprisingly large, just too dim to pick out.
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I'm a Virgo. Does your dad have my horroscope?
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