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C-90 focusing question

Started by Bill Dellinges, 06/19/2016 04:36PM
Posted 06/19/2016 04:36PM Opening Post
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As a long time Celestron scope owner I got to thinking about the C-90 I once owned and how it focused. I recall I turned that big black ring around it but what happened inside? That is, how was the mirror moved (or not, maybe the secondary moved as you turned the ring?). Just curious.
Posted 06/19/2016 08:33PM #1
It is a helical focuser. If the front part of the tube turns and lengthens it is a single helical. If it does not turn but lengthen it is a double helical type.

Walt