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Old 10-11-2012, 08:39 PM
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Fast scopes are also more likely to show up optical aberrations that slow scopes. A fast Newtonian will show coma towards the edges of the field of view. A fast refractor will likely have a lot of chromatic aberration (false colour) unless it's a very expensive triplet. That's why the cheap refractors are f/9 or f/10.

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