Re: ATM Alternatives to Newtonians

[Rod Brackenridge <rjb@netconnect.com.au>]

Frank Ward wrote:

> Why did you exclude the Lovejoy secondary (by your hometown  boy)?
>
> You potentially could have your f/5 and eat it too.  Adding the Lovejoy
> secondary in front of the diagonal looks like a great application.
> And you move up to f/12 or f/15 while it's installed.  You could remove
> it and use the support as a baffle for the diagonal.  Screw it in and out.
> (with a well designed tubular secondary holder.)
>

Frank,

I understood Scott was mainly interested in cassegrain designs.  But you are
right the Loveday is another option to consider so long as you can accept a very
narrow fully illuminated field.

Regards,

Rod Brackenridge
Daylesford
AUSTRALIA