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Old 09-02-2009, 10:21 AM
Dennis
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Originally Posted by kinetic View Post
Pinched optics?
Main mirror or secondary?
Steve
Hi Steve

With the x4 PowerMate, when I defocus Sirius just inside and then outside of focus, I see nice concentric rings either side, once the tube currents have died down.

I’ll confess up front that I’m no optics genius, but I once saw a photo of pinched optics in a book and I think the diffraction patterns were more like rounded triangles?

Cheers

Dennis
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