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There is a myth that small telescopes are useless for deep-sky visual observing. If that were not so, people who wanted to view such targets with such equipment would simply get a book on deep-sky observing, and begin. Yet many amateur astronomers think that’s impossible, and don’t even try. Or perhaps they think it requires a special magic to see faint diffuse objects with tiny telescopes, and they will never find anyone who can give them the necessary charms and incantations.
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Freeman, J.R. (2001). Visual Observation of Deep-sky Objects with Small Telescopes. In: Tonkin, S.F. (eds) Astronomy with Small Telescopes. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0229-8_5
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