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Old 11-03-2005, 05:20 PM
rumples riot
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A hartman mask is used for focusing images correctly. If you leave it in and focus on a star with the holes open, the stars will form separately and as you get closer to focus the stars will converge until they over lap each other. At this point the image is in focus. This system can be utilised for visuage and more importantly for astrophotography.

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