Focal reducer applications...

Does a focal reducer in a C11 Celestron tube have any application beyond imaging, any reason to use it for visual use?

Thanks in advance for any and all responses.

Oddog

Tom....

I sometimes use a Celestron 0.63x focal reducer for visual observing with both my C5+ and CPC800. My primary reason is to provide increased field of view.

The focal reducer takes the C5+ from 1250 mm focal length to 790 mm, and the CPC800 from 2032 mm to 1280 mm (give or take).

At one club star party I loaned the focal reducer to a friend with a C-11. He liked it so much he bought his own.

Fred