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Old 16-11-2008, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AlexN View Post
Where is the light leak coming from? is that from the focuser? or leaking in thorugh the filter wheel?

Alex.
Yes Alex, it's coming from the badly fitting Crayford style focuser
on the GSO.
The base flange has a curvature to possible fit a 10 inch scope
ideally, and it looks like they try to get away with it fitting a 12inch.
Bottom line is that it has 4 points of contact with the OTA and that
lets light in.
Alchemy's article clued me up on it, however when I saw the leak for
myself I couldn't believe how bad it really was!
Why go to all the trouble of making such a lovely job, only to do silly stuff
like that...

Steve
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