CCDT67 reducer visual use
Astro Physics doesn't recommend the ccdt67 for visual use but I'd noted a couple of guys on CN saying that it worked ok with schmidt cassegrains; one said it worked attached directly to a Nagler 31mm and another guy used it in front of a diagonal.
Theoretically the spacing is a bit excessive attached to the diagonal but I tried it with a 10" Meade ACF and it seems to work well. An ES30mm 82 deg eyepiece with the reducer gave a wider field of view than a ES40mm 68 deg eyepiece without. Alpha and Beta Muscae fit into the field of the 30mm making the fov about 1.3 degrees (I think those stars are about 1.25 deg apart?)
Getting a low power, wide field of view is harder in larger sized SCT's and this seems like a decent option.
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