>Ric,
>Are you saying that having owned both diagonals, they are comparable
>in
>image quality and reflectivity? I'm still debating whether or not to
>switch
>from Meade to TV.
>Doug Kranz

Both use a thick mirror flat, something that I didn't mention because
it was brought up elsewhere is the way each dia. fits to the scope. The
Meade has the screw on mount which can get tight and the TV has the
barrel and locking screw which is more convenient. I use the TV on my
OTA and the Meade dia. on my 4" 2045. The Meade's are made in the USA
and are 10 wave flats. Both seem optically identical.

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ric ecker
san marcos, ca.
curator of the Willard Observatory
http://members.aol.com/rlecker/optas.html...........Pictor 216 XT images

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