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minus-squaregjoel@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·6 months agoIs no one going to comment on the “magnified five times under a microscope”? Five times? What kind of weak, low refraction plastic lens, cost of bubblegum microscope are you using to magnify your enormous monster ants?
minus-squareNikelui@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoConsidering the size of an ant and the picture, I’d say at least 50x
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoWhat is this, a magnification for ants?
minus-squareGiveMemes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months ago400x is more than enough to see and differentiate eukaryotic cells so I feel like 50x might be a slight overshot
Is no one going to comment on the “magnified five times under a microscope”? Five times? What kind of weak, low refraction plastic lens, cost of bubblegum microscope are you using to magnify your enormous monster ants?
Considering the size of an ant and the picture, I’d say at least 50x
What is this, a magnification for ants?
400x is more than enough to see and differentiate eukaryotic cells so I feel like 50x might be a slight overshot