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Old 10-11-2015, 08:36 AM
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There are lots of examples on the internet and I have thought of making one myself a few times. It seems you trade the inconvenience of a long tube/large mount for the added complexity/slight loss of light transmission. Depends on your priorities. I guess the introduction of lower cost ED refractors has reduced the appeal of folded refractors somewhat.

Here is a link to a nice big one;
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/41-465-0-0-1-0.html

There is some good information here;
http://davetrott.com/telescope-proje...ded-refractor/
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