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Re: [ATM] Secondary Cage Sizing?



On Monday 19 April 2004 01:21 pm, Richard Schwartz wrote:
> 75% illumination is very BAD if you are doing photometry by brightness
> comparison.

Leave it to Richard to come up with the exception to the rule! OTOH, you'll 
find some commercial dobs with edge illuminations of nearly 70%, in order to 
keep secondary size down. I assumed Matt was building for casual observing. 
If not, mea culpa.

Clear skies.
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Michael Lindner
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