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Old 18-05-2011, 12:54 PM
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Brendan,
The secondary is 87mm which is a bit on the small side. A bigger problem is the location of the focuser. It's too close to the primary - so the CCD is too far away from the secondary and this causes unnecessary vignetting. The 8 inch version had a similar problem.

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Sometime soon i will be writing a little novel about my travels and findings for making a cheap newt work like a good quality astrograph.
Yes you should!

James
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