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- From: clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke)
- Subject: Re: Astro Physics Refractors
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.195523.17093@cs.ucf.edu>
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- Organization: University of Central Florida
- References: <1992Dec28.175507.1210@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:55:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.175507.1210@linus.mitre.org> chaloux@mandolin.mitre.org
- (Dave Chaloux) writes:
- > A friend of mine recently obtained a 6" F8 Astrophysics Refractor and he
- > brought it over to my Observatory for "First Light".
- >
- > This gave me a chance to compare side by side a supposedly Top Quality
- > Apochromatic Refractor with my Obsession 20" F5 which is also a supposedly
- > premium quality telescope. I thought I would share my impressions.
- >
- I wonder if yoy thought to try a 6" off-axis mask on your Obsession versus
- the Astrophysics Refractor? I would think the views would have been
- identical ??
-
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- Thomas Clarke
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