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Old 22-12-2007, 02:41 PM
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Guiding Focal length

Mick,

Guider FL only needs to be a good proportion eg 75% of the main OTA.

Even less if you are using an autoguider. I have used just a 250mm lens to accurately guide a 1200mm scope.... This is due to the fact many autoguiders make sub-pixel corrections.

More of a problem is differential flexure which may become apparent after just 5 minutes of guiding with long FL system.

Have a good one
Peter
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