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Old 03-09-2005, 10:36 PM
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asimov (John)
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The hartmann has 3 triangle holes in it, allowing for precise focusing of the telescope. The aperture mask I use (4.25") is mainly for cutting back on glare from a bright object. also, by making the objective smaller in a refractor... it lengthens the focal length of the telescope, thus cutting back on chromatic abberation that is produced by an achromatic refractor.
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