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- From: steven.williams@p8.f416.n711.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Steven Williams)
- Message-ID: <b5eadc46@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au>
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: SCTs and their moveable mirrors.
- Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au
- Date: 19 Jan 93 00:58:18 GMT
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- Original to: chaloux@mandolin.mitre.org
- > It is a well established result that SCTs which have moveable mirrors for
- > focusing are at their best at only one point among their many possible
- > positions.
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- > Jim's Mobile now sells a focuser for SCTs that works without moving the
- > mirror (What an idea!). If positions of the mirror on one side of perfect
- > lead to undercorrected images and positions on the other lead to over
- > corrected images you could use this to tune you telescope for no
- > sperical abberation.
-
-
- Just an added point here, we use a Celestron C-14 and due to the focal
- length of 3,910mm, we have problems with guiding due to mirror shift. We
- lock the main mirror with the shipping screws, and use the adaptor you
- mentioned above. Works just fine.
-
- Steven Williams - Astronomer.
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