Scope of confusion

From: Peter Santangeli ^lt;peter_at_No-Spam>
Date: Sun Mar 06 2005 - 10:17:55 MST

I'm confused. I just read the S&T article on Orion's 3" off axis reflector.
I was actually interested in this, because it is clearly so unusual. From
the article though, when compared to Orion's *cheaper* 6" newtonian, it has:

- less light grasp (obviously)
- the same size tube
- (surprisingly!) less contrast

What am I missing here? Apart from it being gimicky, what advantages does it
offer the observer?

Pete
Received on Sun Mar 6 09:18:37 2005


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