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Originally Posted by Superman
I have a probably-laughable Celestron DX-102AZ (102mm refractor). Using the highest-power eyepiece (10mm), Jupiter and Saturn are barely more than dots. I can see that Jupiter has moons and I can see that Saturn has rings, or is oblong. Jupiter is way too small to see any detail suggesting any cloud rings or colorings. Should I be able to see a larger image than this? Am I using it wrong?
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I used to have a very similar scope. They can support more magnification than 66x. A 2x barlow will double your magnification (132x) which will be more interesting for the moon, Jupiter, and Saturn. It will be interesting for other stuff too, clusters, and maybe galaxies and nebula.
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