Vic Maris (Stellarvue) is interviewed by Skywatcher USA

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Vic Maris (Stellarvue) is interviewed by Skywatcher USA

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The video is about 70 minutes long but an excellent discussion from Vic on what Strehl actually does and all of the other abberations that are just as important that need to be balanced to make a world class optic.

Enjoy:)

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Re: Vic Maris (Stellarvue) is interviewed by Skywatcher USA

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Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it!
Refractors in frequency of use : *SW Evostar 120ED F/7.5 (all round ), * Vixen 102ED F/9 (vintage), both on Vixen GPDX.
GrabnGo on Alt/AZ : *SW Startravel 102 F/5 refractor( widefield, Sun, push-to), *OMC140 Maksutov F/14.3 ( planets).
Most used Eyepieces: *Panoptic 24, *Morpheus 14, *Leica ASPH zoom, *Zeiss barlow, *Pentax XO5.
Commonly used bino's : *Jena 10X50 , * Canon 10X30 IS, *Swarovski Habicht 7X42, * Celestron 15X70, *Kasai 2.3X40
Rijswijk Public Observatory: * Astro-Physics Starfire 130 f/8, * 6 inch Newton, * C9.25, * Meade 14 inch LX600 ACF, *Lunt.
Amateur astronomer since 1970.
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