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Re: Help!!! Focusing Problems

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Posted by Big Johnson on December 6, 1999 19:03:40 UTC

Sounds to me your focus plane is off. Probably under the rack in point of the focuser. Did you measure 30" (6 f/5=30") from the face of the mirror through the 45 and up to the focuser? Gotta have the focus above the racked in point. Pretty sure that is what's wrong.

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