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Old 09-09-2008, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Gama View Post
The CDK has NO optical axis because it uses a spherical secondary, and so has a huge centering tolerance. So unless the mirror falls right out of the frame, its still centred.
Only the secondary mirror has no optical axis if it is possible to tilt it exactly in translation of its front surface ( which is never in reality possible) . The primary mirror optical axis and correcting lens set must in a corrected DK be initially centered to the optical axis by a fraction of a milimeter. 'Decenter tolerance ' is _not_ the same thing as 'optical spacing' tolerance : you seem to confuse the two.
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