
You are SO right about Steve Kennedy's 28" mirrors...
I have one of his f/3.66's in my new 28" Starstructure.
My fears that I would sorely miss my 24" Zambuto have proved to be unfounded. I'm totally pleased!
Good luck with the new toy!
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Wow - great article, and great looking scope!
I gotta get me one of those one of these days.... That, and move to Florida where the seeing can take advantage of it.
Jarad
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Don - By the way, I was set up right next to Steve Kennedy's personal 28" f3.66 at Shingletown and we did some comparative star testing one night, and not surprisingly found there's practically no difference between his f3.66 and my f4.
He's an amazing optician, a true perfectionist and a real nice guy to boot. After he finishes bench testing each mirror he star tests them - with the diagonal - until it produces a great result. No wonder his mirrors are so good.
Howard
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I paid $8200 for the Kennedy 28 inch f4, and the 5.5 inch diagonal was another $600. I expected to wince when writing those checks but I was so excited that I forgot!
Last month I traded the 5.5 inch diagonal for a 5 inch from Steve that he tested for flatness, and it works very well - couldn't see any difference in the star test.
Howard
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