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Old 12-10-2011, 09:33 PM
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F What?

Here's a thing. When I get my 6" F5 mirror and focus a light source against the wall, the distance from mirror to focused image on the wall is F14. In the telescope tube the focus is OK at about F5 or 6.

So what's going on? Am I looking at prime focus or what? The focused light source is only clearly focused at F14 - no other distance.

Any explanations?

Richard
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