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Subject: Re: [M]: LX200/f6.3 FOCAL REDUCER/NGF-S FOCUSER
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Thu Dec 18 00:49:11 1997
At 10:01 PM -0800 12/17/97, GeneHays wrote:
>...
>I believe that a f6.3 reducer by Meade or Celestron can be placed directly on
>the back of the tube after first removing the visual back...
Not true for the Celestron reducer (and I believe the Meade one is
virtually identical). It screws onto the visual back.
The Lumicon Giant Easy Guider/Viewer replaces the visual back and
(presumably, I've never actually seen one) eliminates the vignetting you
get with the smaller reducers.
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