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Old 04-December-2007, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by antoniseb View Post
The Moon is too bright for the largest telescopes to look directly at it...
As indicated, not a problem - including not for Hubble. I've eyeballed the full Moon directly through a 36" reflector, and just two letters suffice to describe that experience:

"Wow!"

and

"Ow!"
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