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Old 28-11-2018, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Wavytone View Post

I bet your Taks will turn a shade of pale green.
Having used it now on the Moon (early morning), I disagree with this comment.

The image is EXCELLENT indeed, but NOT as good as a refractor, simply because of the "shadow" of the secondary. It is quite noticeable to my sensitive eyes on bright objects, and in my opinion, distracting. I find this with ALL reflecting telescopes - one of the most obvious to me is the Mewlon (REALLY distracting) and any of the Schmidt-Cassegrains. It is something my eye-brain cannot "put aside", and it doesn't matter what size secondary there is - I always see it.

As I said, the image presented is exquisitely sharp, but the differential dimming is a distraction to me.

So, no, the Tak refractors are whistling merrily.
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