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Old 09-04-2014, 09:07 PM
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Field Flattener / Image Train Assistance Please

Hello more knowledgeable people than I,

I was wondering if I could have some assistance with my optical train.

I have both an ED80 and ED120 and would like to use a William Optics AFR-IV Adjustable Flattener / 0.8x Reducer.

I have an SBIG ST4000xcm and AO-8 unit.

The ST4k is said to have 23mm optical path
The AO-8 is said to have 51.3mm optical path

The William Optics AFR-IV is adjustable between 66-86mm.

Am I right in thinking I can simply connect CCD-AO8-FF-SCOPE
and set the AFR-IV to approx. 74.3mm setting with no spacers?

Any assistance/confirmation appreciated.

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Old 11-04-2014, 07:30 PM
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Just a friendly end of the week bump.

I know a lot of you use field flatteners - surely someone can shed some light?!
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Old 15-04-2014, 11:55 AM
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Bump

Anyone?
Or anyone know where I might be able to find some answers?
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Old 15-04-2014, 08:27 PM
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Have you allowed for any adapters - if necessary ?

I'm not familiar with the FF - but if the backfocus or metal back distance specified for that FF is what you say, then so long as the distance from the back of the FF to the CCD is correct it should work.
You usually have a little bit of latitude on most FFs where an error really doesnt make much difference - that may up to a 1-2mm range
So if you are worried about being precise to the micron, you dont need to be, especially give the range of adjustment you mentioned.
Most FFs dont have any adjustment

Where it gets trickier is when you have filters or other optical elements in the optical train - where the optical distance and the physical distance may be different to each other
The AO8 actually does this too but if you have specified the SBIG specified distance that will be fine
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Old 18-04-2014, 09:43 AM
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Down load the trial version of CCD inspector. It as a routine that assesses the field curvature. You take a picture through you imager then analyse it and it shows the field curvature in you image. Make a correction take another image analys etc. it will let you know very quickly if you need to add spacers or adjust the Focal reducer.

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Old 18-04-2014, 11:58 PM
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Thank you Rally and Sandy for your input.
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