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Old 01-04-2014, 12:34 PM
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Hi Alex

You can mount a baffle plate on two posts which can be screw into the focusser board and removed for transport or something similar

Here is Mel Bartels online baffle calculator.

http://www.bbastrodesigns.com/baffle.html

( Edit : this calculator seems to assume a baffle behind the diagonal mirror too )

Come to think about it , a single baffle could only be used to fully baffle the centre of the field at the expense of causing vignetting at the outer edges.

A rear baffle can be made of very thin aluminum and needn't add much weight .


I agree that for sake of portability end user must decide what is important for them . The more effectively it can be baffled the wider the market though .

Watching your project with interest.

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