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Old 01-06-2014, 10:46 AM
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barx1963 (Malcolm)
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Welcome to the 17E fan club!

My 17E will quite often be popped in the focuser at the start of a session to align the Argo and stay there the entire time. I don't use a Paracorr even though I am at f5 in the 20"as I like 150x and I really don't notice the coma.
At the SV camp in March last year I lent it to Paddy to use in his 16" and he had one in his case within a week. ( and sent me a PM saying I had cost him a lot of money!)
As you can see in my sig I have the 5 Ethoi from 8 to 21, but the 17 is just a killer EP. I get a slightly larger exit pupil with no Parracor but it is still very nice.
On Friday night had had a look at the Homunculus and the detail at 150x was awesome.

Cheers

Malcolm
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