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ATM 6" f/4 or not?
I recently purchased a partially completed 6" mirror from a
friend.. apparently this being his first mirror, he thought he was
making an f/8 but actually made it f/4...it is almost completely
polished, but f/4 seems a little impractical for a 6" scope...
Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do with this
mirror?
The secondary would have to be a little over 2" for good 100" zone
illumination, which then causes vignetting of the 75% zone at the
eyepiece...
This seems like a big obstruction for a 6"...I was thinking it
could make a good photographic scope however, except for the
vignetting at the eyepiece....
I just hate regrinding this to f/6 or f/8 after seeing all of his
polishing efforts go into it...
Oh, and there are a couple of scratches as well...
-tom