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Old 15-02-2019, 09:19 AM
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... the wire and the shade could be one in the same thing. ...
JA

Quite right, I was also thinking along the same lines...


Even optical fibre may be OK (it is trasparent, but it is also round so it does disperse the light, it should attenuate the star sufficiently (I am using optical fibers for cross hair in finder).


BTW, I have some lenses from webcams, they may be small and short enough for trial... There will be 3D printing again :-)


The first attempt will be visual - I intend to position the optical fiber end in the centre of an eyepiece.

Will report the result asap.

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