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Re: Rick at Chiefland Mike, I observed with Rick and Carol last night. We were using Gary Beyerstein's 20" f/3.7 SM. Despite poor sky conditions, we all had a good time. Posted - Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:24 am	Jack Huerkamp jhuerkmp... Offline Send Email
Rick at Chiefland Well, if all went well Rick should be at Chiefland delivering a 28" and an 18" telescope. Please post here if you get a chance to observe with either of them. Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 2:09 am	parabola30 Offline Send Email
Re: Offsetting The Secondary Mirror ... I ran the calculator and to get a 0.37-inch offset requires a 6-inch minor axis secondary mirror! Is that correct? Regardless, a 0.37-inch offset will Posted - Tue Nov 3, 2009 2:00 am	Vic vmpte2001 Offline Send Email
Re: 18" f4 is gone also Hi Jon, thought I would chime in on the 16.5". I actually purchased the very first 16.5 FX at F3.6 and it is unbelievable in its performance. I will have to Posted - Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:48 pm	John VeDepo starmaster_2... Offline Send Email
Re: Offsetting The Secondary Mirror ... That's exactly the term I made up for it here (and/or the bigdob group) when I heard about Vic's method several years ago. The optical differences between Posted - Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:04 am	John Mahony jmmahony Offline Send Email
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