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Old 16-08-2014, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by alpal View Post
So why were some of the now ( no longer produced ) RCOS scopes ion milled to 1/100th wave accuracy?
no idea Allan. Maybe that RC design had very tight tolerances on one or other mirror profile - or maybe it was seen to be a good marketing point? For a Newtonian imager though, 1/4 wave is way better than the seeing will allow.
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