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Old 20-12-2008, 05:10 PM
toc (Tim)
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Originally Posted by Babalyon 5 View Post
I did some research on mirror flop and I'm not impressed. There seems to be a lot of work and expense in working around it if it exists and seems to be inherent in this type of scope, from minimal to severe. I do like reflectors for their light gathering ability, I might just get a Skywatcher SW252 and upgrade the focuser and motorize it. Then if I need to I can use EQMOSAIC but I think the SW252 is f4.7 anyway. Whaddaya reckon??
Ive never found mirror shift to be a problem with the C8 - from what I have seen its only slight on mine, but I wouldnt consider mirror shift to be a deal breaker.
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