Re: Orion 4.5" opinions

From: Rod Mollise (rmollise_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/24/04


Date: 24 Nov 2004 22:26:15 GMT


>
>F4 will be much more difficult to collimate and will have much more coma.
>The
>steep angle of the an F4 light cone will also cause serious aberrations in
>most
>eyepieces..
>

Hi Jon:

And yet...and yet...

The StarBlast does a remarkably good job, even on the Moon and planets, wiping
the floor with my poor 80 f/5. And it features that spectacularly wide field.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
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