At 4:34 PM -0400 6/29/99, Steve Walters wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just bought a Meade 12" SCT OTA. It seems to have the same back on it
>as every SCT I've ever used, namely a threaded back with around 50mm
>diameter baffled tube.
>
>I've read that this scope has a larger egress than this. Is this true?
>This OTA was made around 1990 so maybe there was a change. Can anyone
>shed any light on this?

Mine has an adapter threaded onto a much larger opening that reduces
it to the standard SCT thread. It just screws off, though it may be
pretty tight.

Bill Arnett
http://www.seds.org/billa/
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself." -- Richard Feynman

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