
Reading a number plate at 1200-1400m at night - spotting scope or space telescope?
Hello everyone I would like to be able to read a car number plate at night at a distance of 1200-1400 metres. Is a spotting scope with e.g. 80-100mm objective lens diameter and 60-75x magnification on a 3-legged tripod sufficient? Or would a telescope with which you look at the stars (+ zenith mirror/amici prism) and a 250x magnification be more suitable? I have seen that with a 60x magnification at 1000m you have a field of view of about 16 metres - but I can't tell if that's enough. Resp. it will probably also depend on the quality of the spotting scope. I certainly don't want a Svarovski for 2-5000, but would one from Bresser, Celestron or Vortex for 250-600 be good? Thanks and best regards

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