25-05-2009, 10:06 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Brisbane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexN
Dave,
The baffle is a long tube that extends from the centre of the primary mirror upwards towards the secondary mirror. Its whole purpose is to stop extraneous light reflections and to increase contrast... baffles like this are used in most compound scopes (SCT/RC/MCT) however if they are made of a reflective material, sometimes they dont serve their purpose...
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Ah, I get ya. lol!!!
Dave
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