[mura_gadi (Steve)]

Hello,

The specs are:
14.5" mirror,
16.5" On inside Tube diameter
.25" for the focuser mounting plate
Min. focuser height 1.88"
Focuser travel .94"
Focuser Diameter 2"

I was after very little drop off at the edge of field and I'm happy to take's Mel's charts for .4 mag reduction or less for illumination.

You mention "I will add 25mm to desired focal plane position.", I thought at 1st it was for 1.25" ep use, but that seems too large an addition. What is the 25mm addon for?

The Pan 27mm was a fore runner as that would make the weights of the 3 ep's 450/415/408 grams. The real requirement is to keep the wide field above 1 degree, then the .6 degree at x100+ mag or better (x126 atm), but I didn't want to jump to the very wide fields due to weight variations, price, ER etc.

Weight is very easily dealt with, but I need to find the focal length of each of the 3 ep's with long ER. Preferably 15-20mm of ER (actual) or better without hitting premium class ($400+) for the mid and high powered ep's. Hence the Morpheus's (that and they have great reviews across nearly all the focal lengths).

With the focuser mounting plate, can it be metal plate? Or is metal a no-no due to flexing from temperatures?


Thanks
Steve