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RE: RE: Sanity Check Needed On Newt Design.

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Posted by Robert May on October 21, 2000 21:21:07 UTC

If you haven`t gotten a focuser yet, you may want to get the one from Crazy Ed Optical for $89 (?) which had 1.75" for racked in height. It`s a Crayford design which is also a nice one.
You may also want to check the specs on a 1.83" secondary.
Otherwise the design is right on the money.

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