Re: [Leica] Leica lens turned into a telescope - can it be done?

[Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>]

I'd like to see the rings of saturn.  How "big" a telescope
would I need?  Telescopes are more normally quoted
as lens or mirror diameter, and sometimes f-stop.

Or - how long a Leitz lens, with this objective, would I need?


Vick

Roy Zartarian wrote:

> There is the 14234, Telescope Ocular R which New York Camera &
> Video (www.nycv.com) is offering for $300.  I wonder whether you'd
> have enough reach for astro viewing this type of combination.
>
> Roy
>
> On 5 Nov 2000, at 8:54, Vick Ko wrote:
>
> > Here's a question for the technical types.
> >
> > I'd like to merge astronomy with my Leica affliction.
> >
> > Can I buy an adapter and eyepiece to turn a long
> > Leica zoom or telephoto into a telescope?
> >
> > If so, what telephoto should I buy?  What if it
> > were a zoom?
> >
> > Who sells the adapter and eyepieces?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Vick
> >