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telescopetechniques

emannEffect:

ANewConceptinHigh-PowerOptics

Atinysphericalsecondaryproduces

anextremeformofCassegrainre-

flector—onewithexceptional

qualitiesforplanetaryviewing.

ByThomasR.Endemann

n1993Ihadmy8-inchf/4mirror

checkedoutbyDanJoyce,thewell-

knownIllinoistelescopemaker.Iwas

gettinggoodnumbersonmyhome-

I

madeFoucaulttester.Ihadmadetwof/8

mirrorsbefore,a6-andan8-inch,but

thisonewastobespecial.Atleast170

hourswentintothefiguring.Myidea

wastoletDancheckitoutandthenper-

hapsdoanyfinalretouchingintheshop

hehadatthetime.

Irememberthedayasthoughitwere

yesterday.IwasatAstrofest’93,heldnear

Kankakee,Illinois,andspentthter

partofthedayvisitingthestandssetup

forpeopletoselltheirwares,admiringthe

manyhomemadeinstruments,andocca-

sionallylookingtospotDan.Wefinally

gottogetherintheeveningandhegave

methegoodnews.Tomyutterdelight,

themirrorcheckedoutat1

⁄10wave!Dan

saidthatifIcouldfinishanf/4mirrorto

suchatoleranceIdidn’tneedhisshop.

IwassohappythatafterIleftthecon-

ventionIdroveabout20milesinthe

Above:Theauthor’s8-inchreflectorsometimesworksasanf/4Newtonian,withitsfocus

wherethecameraismountedinthisview.ButifhereplacestheNewtoniandiagonalwith

asmall-diameterconvexsecondary,