Telescopes,
I have two....a Meade 8" Schmidt Cassegrain with about 2000 mm focal length and an Orion short tube 80 mm (Object (front) lens diameter) and about 400 mm focal length.
I have four eyepieces that I use for both a..... 5 mm, 15 mm, 26 mm and a 40 mm. Magnification ratio is the result of dividing the scope focal length by the eyepiece focal length and it follows an inverse square law as far as brightness is concerned.....double the magnification and you quarter the brightness.
With the 8" I can see Jupiter and Saturn with my 15 mm eyepiece but the moon looks better in the little one.
I have a nice Celestron equatorial mount ('cos the Meade one was rubbish) that does for both.
You need to visit oriontelescopes for a looksee but be very careful.......'tis very tempting and comparitively cheap.
Having said all of that. you're still only using one eye....for moon looking a good pair of binos do well and there are a couple of inexpensive models with interchangeable eyepieces but they need a mount too.
Flew both machines in 90 deg air and the vents do their work....now I have to order another canopy to do a decent job of it...hahahahaha.
No I will not take issue on the best performance of Mad Dogs........but let me say that I saw Dud Moore in Ronnie Scotts do it and Rex Harrison did it too I believe....does anyone remember the radio program "That's my word"....'tis broadcast on Public Radio in a few locations.....Frank Muir and Dennis Norden....what a pair.
Dinner's almost done,
Later Gentlemen,
Ray