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Old 18-01-2008, 12:18 PM
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It is my understanding that F4 + Mirror = coma.

It is the price to pay for a physically shorter, optically faster scope with a wider field of view. (a function of optical physics, and regardless of the quality of the mirror)

It is not necessarily a bad thing, since a coma corrector, such as paracorr will remedy the problem, both for viewing and photography.

HTH

Brian C