Re: [APML]: Thinking about a Ritchey-Chretien

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

>Hello
>   My name is Jenaro and I am looking forward to buy a 10" or 12.5"
>
>Ritchey-Chretien but I have started to read stuff about them and
>astigmatism and
>
>field curvature are a problem . I would like to know your opinions about this
>
>scope & if it makes a supberb astrophoto instrument .
>
>Thank you
>Jenaro de Rosenzweig D.




Some of the finest astrophotos ever taken were made with Ritchey-Chretiens,
see Chuck Vaughn's web page at:

http://www.aa6g.org/Astronomy/astrophotos.html#Ritchey


Also, the Hubble space telescope is a Ritchey!

Jerry