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A place for owners of Starmaster telescope
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have learned.

Re: Starmaster 14.5 telescopes Hello Charlie, I haven't been online lately, however, I was at TSP with Rick's 22 and my 16.5FX 3.6 and the 28" F3.7, and I completely agree with your details. Posted - Wed Jul 8, 2009 1:38 am	John VeDepo starmaster_2... Offline Send Email
Re: Starmaster 14.5 telescopes Thanks so much.Joseph ... All parabolic mirrors have coma as one of the optical abberations of the design. It is not a side effect of a poorly manufactured Posted - Tue Jul 7, 2009 3:51 pm	rozasj@... Send Email
Re: Starmaster 14.5 telescopes Thanks.Joseph. ... rozasj, Yes, you need a parracor for the kind of scope f/ratio you are dealing with. Jim ... From: <rozasj@...> To: Posted - Tue Jul 7, 2009 3:50 pm	rozasj@... Send Email
Re: Starmaster 14.5 telescopes Thanks.Joseph. ... If it increases at a declining rate as you move further from the center, that implies that it would be less noticeable at low power. -John Posted - Tue Jul 7, 2009 3:50 pm	rozasj@... Send Email
Re: Starmaster 14.5 telescopes Thanks so much.Joseph. ... Dear Joseph, A paracorr is a "required" option. At 4.3f, coma is a given effect, but is easily corrected with a TeleVue paracorr. Posted - Tue Jul 7, 2009 3:50 pm	rozasj@... Send Email
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