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 Refractor180_1

Type: Refractor Fluorite Apo
Aperture: 178mm
Focal length: 1400 (f/7.9)

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Markus Ludes (c) 2001

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Inside Focus

Inside Focus

Outside Focus

Outside Focus

Eyepiece: 10 mm Zeiss Abbe ortho EP (540x magnification)

“This is the most recently made 7" triplet airspaced Fluorite Apo with excellent colorcorrection, smooth optics and a good spherical correction. But again the CCD-images suffer from a contrast problem. The optics are rated during startesting at 1/6~1/7 wavefront but with a tiny turned down edge problem, which is under a reals sky almost fully invisible.”

Markus Ludes (APM-Telescopes)

NOTE: Due to the central obstruction of the 10”MN telescope (55mm) this telescope shows an artificial central obstruction of 31%.