No. I'm going to use the JMI focuser since my cabling is already
set up for that with my Tak.
> BTW, with the hyperbolic optics this scope has should make
> it an excellent visual (deep-sky/planetary) scope too.
> >
>
> What will make it an excellent visual scope are the better
> than 1/4 wave optics.
> Many would dismiss it out of hand based on the 40% obstruction. They would
> of course, be wrong.
This particular set of optics was going to go into Brad Erhorn's
(RCOS owner) personal scope. When I enquired with him about a 10"
he immediately offered the optics to me... I guess because he
believes I might be able to take some good images with it and
that might fuel further sales. (I'm not sure where he got that
idea from! :-)
Anyway, the test report says that the optics are almost 1/6th wave
wavefront and 1/50th wave RMS wavefront. Should be good enough!
My biggest worry is that the larger aperature will be more affected
by seeing from my backyard making it not very useful there. However,
at Coe, the Peak, Plettstone, etc. that shouldn't be a problem.
-Ray