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Old 10-12-2008, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Ian Robinson View Post
No mention of a corrector in the focusor anywhere I've looked. The rack + pinion is not exactly LOW PROFILE EITHER that means the focal point is even further outside the tube ==> shorter tube for a given focal length .... do the calcs or a diagram .... look at figure 3.2 in the pdf from Celestron on these scope.

That's it for me , keep us posted Pascal .
So the focuser is going to make up 1/2 metre in focal length?

Theres plenty of references to the powerseeker 127 having a dodgy in built barlow, on this site alone there are several threads from people unfortunate enough to have bought one/fortunate enough not to..that refer to in built barlow/correctors

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=powerseeker

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=powerseeker

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=powerseeker

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ht=powerseeker

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