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Old 05-12-2009, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by gbeal View Post
While I am not suggesting Theo isn't right, it was always my belief that a refractor needed a reducer or flattener that was sort of "designed" for a refractor. The SCT versions correct and reduce, correcting the problems that are inherent with the SCT design.
In my case, I use an AP67 CCD Telecompressor, and this is my refractor(s) as well as my Maksutov.
Best option if you can is to try one or two. There will be a glut of SCT styles out there, borrow one, and try it.
Gary
Gary,

I believe that the only correcting that the common SCT F6.3 reducer/corrector does is flatten the field. By flattening the field, you reduce the amount of coma that you see in an SCT.

If you look at these results with a 127 triplet refractor and compare the F6.3 reducer/corrector to a televue 0.8 reducer/flattener you can see that it performs pretty well.
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