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Supercharging A Dob

Started by Philip2, 06/24/2004 04:45PM
Posted 06/24/2004 04:45PM Opening Post
I wonder if any of you gentlemen (or Ladies) have ever tried to make a convex reflecting lens to replace the normal diagonal in a Newtonian so that the resulting reflected image is 150% - 200% of the normal image? I realize that this would entail positioning a diagonal lower in the light path to reflect the image outside the tube. Anyone ever try this? I would like to hear your thoughts.