Why is the item in ad #485714 called an "astrograph" and not a Newtonian reflector? What is the difference?
Darryl
Darryl
Terminology?
Started by darryls, 02/26/2007 04:53PM
Posted 02/26/2007 04:53PM
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Posted 02/26/2007 05:26PM
| Edited 02/26/2007 05:28PM
#1
Hello Darryl... 8)
IMHO, I believe the term "ASTROGRAPH" is getting a little "overused" lately...
In theory, an Astrograph is a scope pretty much designed around Astrophotography... like Takahashi Epsilons, Takahashi FSQs or the Ritchey-Chretien scopes, for example...
The scope in the ad has some nice features, but I would NOT consider that an Astrograph per se, even though it could be very well used for Astrophotography too...
Clear skies!
IMHO, I believe the term "ASTROGRAPH" is getting a little "overused" lately...
In theory, an Astrograph is a scope pretty much designed around Astrophotography... like Takahashi Epsilons, Takahashi FSQs or the Ritchey-Chretien scopes, for example...
The scope in the ad has some nice features, but I would NOT consider that an Astrograph per se, even though it could be very well used for Astrophotography too...
Clear skies!
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