Re: Theoretical Limiting Magnitude

From: Bruce Jensen ^lt;bpnjensen_at_No-Spam>
Date: Tue Mar 22 2005 - 14:37:17 MST

My recollection was that for an 8" it's about 13.5, and for an 18" it's
about 16. A ten is probably about 14.

Bruce Jensen
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--- Mark Wagner <mgw@No-Spam> wrote:
>
> I know I've seen it out there before, but does anyone have a quick
> reference to the theoretical limiting magnitudes for various size
> amateur
> telescopes? I'd like to compare what I saw recently in my 10" f/5.7
> with
> theory...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>

Cheers,
Bruce Jensen
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