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Old 28-01-2011, 06:45 PM
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Osirisra (Ken)
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Originally Posted by GraemeT View Post
I've never needed a shroud. The primary mirror is so far down the tube that any stray light would have to come from almost dead ahead to affect your viewing. Shrouds are needed for those big open frame lightbucket dobs, as far as I can deduce.

Darker the better, every bit helps

The wind is always a problem where I am so therfore dust is an issue as well.

The main reason why I like the shroud is so unexperienced peoples that are looking through or at my scope do not unevertantly drop something nasty on my primary!
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