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Unaided Eye vs. Binoculars vs. Telescope Viewing
This simple chart illustrates the differences in viewing between method:
| Naked Eye |
Binoculars |
Telescopes |
| 5 planets |
7 planets |
9 planets |
| 2-3 galaxies |
several galaxies |
hundreds of galaxies |
| a few double stars |
dozens of double stars |
hundreds of double stars |
| a few star clusters |
dozens of star clusters |
hundreds of star clusters |
| a few nebulae |
several nebulae |
dozens of nebulae |
| planets as points |
several planets as disks,
moons of Jupiter |
moons of several planets,
phases & details of planets |
| Milky Way as hazy band |
star clouds in Milky Way |
detail in Milky Way |
| biggest lunar features |
hundreds of lunar features |
thousands of lunar features |
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