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Re: Newtonian Astigmatism

Started by s cassel, 10/03/2003 04:01PM
Posted 10/03/2003 04:01PM Opening Post
Joe,

Check to see that your spider is tight and the secondary is alligned to the optical axis (ie centered to the primary). If the secondary is even a tiny bit off center, you will see astigmatism.

Hope it's not your mirror... but lots of things to check first. Best of luck with it.

-----------Steve.