Re: [ATM] mirror box baffle question

["Nils Olof Carlin" <nilsolof.carlin@telia.com>]

Shane wrote:

> ... Keep the baffle centered with respect to the optical axis of the
> mirror.  If the baffle is NOT centered, it acts just like a de-centered
> primary mirror.  This is not good for collimation, especially if you
> collimated the telescope, then added a baffle that was not centered.

You would obviously like it centered, but that's not critical: de-centering 
the aperture does not affect the performance significantly, provided the 
axial collimation is done towards the center of the paraboloid (that you 
should have marked in the first place, of course).

N O


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