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Originally Posted by Hemi
What a nice thread. So many tangential thoughts.
It maybe “blasphemous” to say this Peter but I always feel that its such a complete and tragic waste to put a camera at the focal plane of such a beautiful set of optics, instead of letting that precious starlight imbibe my retina and have a final resting place in my limbic system.
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Ah...a purist.
But the AP155 (that superseded the AP152), was first and foremost an astrograph...to quote AP:
"The 155mm f7 StarFire EDF (6.1" aperture) was designed to be the ultimate
astrograph while providing uncompromising visual performance"
i.e. that visual stuff came in second