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art1942us
Vendor - Texas Nautical / Tak America


Reged: 09/13/07
Posts: 73
Re: FET-300/EM-3700
      08/21/08 11:08 AM

The FET-300 is a fluorite ED triplet, hence it could be made at f/8. It took three years to make the objective. The fluorite and ED elements insure a very high order of color correction.

The tube is very rigid so that the objective does not deflect.

The total weight of the unit is close to 3000 lbs. Not an amateur scope.

It is a unique instrument. It should not be confused with instruments for amateurs.

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* FET-300/EM-3700 Tamiji Homma 08/12/08 10:54 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 art1942us   08/21/08 11:08 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Mike Clemens   08/21/08 01:25 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Tomvictor   08/13/08 10:48 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 roadi   08/12/08 11:36 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 SkyscraperJim   08/12/08 12:45 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 ABC   08/15/08 03:29 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 ValeryD   08/16/08 12:53 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/16/08 09:29 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 lukman   08/16/08 10:23 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 leexeen   08/16/08 10:05 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/16/08 11:24 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 EricCCD   08/21/08 01:26 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/21/08 06:35 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 lukman   08/16/08 08:23 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Erik Bakker   08/16/08 11:49 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 leexeen   08/16/08 12:10 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 lukman   08/16/08 08:29 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 dothead   08/15/08 08:27 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/15/08 09:13 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 jouster   08/15/08 08:19 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/15/08 09:19 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 dothead   08/15/08 11:45 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/15/08 03:52 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 dothead   08/15/08 04:35 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/15/08 08:02 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 dothead   08/15/08 08:30 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 lukman   08/15/08 08:44 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/15/08 08:47 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 lukman   08/15/08 08:58 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 ABC   08/15/08 09:32 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 ABC   08/15/08 09:06 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 dothead   08/15/08 08:08 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Daniel Mounsey   08/12/08 11:21 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Daniel Mounsey   08/12/08 11:25 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 dothead   08/14/08 07:28 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/14/08 08:01 PM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 dothead   08/15/08 12:05 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 Dave Novoselsky   08/15/08 09:08 AM
. * Re: FET-300/EM-3700 jdownie   08/12/08 11:12 AM

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