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Wow!, a 8" F/15 Refractor / lens design question

Started by astro101, 05/04/2005 12:59AM
Posted 05/04/2005 12:59AM Opening Post
This scope has been gathering dust for years!!, It is really big. The entire scope, is home-made, including the doublet lens which was ground sometime in the 1960s. A quick look at some trees did show some violet, but seemed less than my Synta 6"F/8. I wonder if anyone has any idea if the lens design for synta 6"F/8 would compare to a traditional Farenhoffer (spelling)8" F/15 ????, assuming the same sphere of 1/4 wave at focus.

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Posted 05/04/2005 03:16AM #1
>>I wonder if anyone has any idea if the lens design for synta 6"F/8 would compare to a traditional Farenhoffer (spelling)8" F/15>

A 6" F8 achromat would have much worse color error than an 8" F15 achromat - Fraunhofer or not.

Roland Christen