salve ho mandato i test effettuati sul c8 agli scrittori di roddier,mi hanno risposto prontamente che il mio c8 anche se un pò scollimato ha uno strhel ratio dell 88% (il limite di diffrazione è dell'80),e che i valori importanti sono appunto lo strehl e il valore rms ( in pratica mi dicono di ignorare il ptv)che è 1/17.8,ed inoltre se riesco a collimare con precisione posso ottenere risultati migliori sicuramente,
vi mando il valore dello strhel,e di seguito i commenti in inglese dei due creatori del software.
http://forum.astrofili.org/userpix/58_capture_roddier_strehl_1.jpg
"Ignore PTV, it is almost a completely meaningless number for the
evaluation of optics. RMS and strehl are all that matter. Your SCT
has an RMS of 1/17.8 or a strehl of better than 0.88. This is well
within diffraction limited, a good example of a SCT OTA. The scope
should provide fine views of objects and good planetary performance
when cooled down.
A good inroduction on RMS/PTV/strehl can be found at:
http://www.rfroyce.com/standards.htm
Philip"
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This is actually a good scope. As Philip said the RMS
and Strehl ratio are the most important parameters.
Your 1/17.8 RMS corresponds to 88% Strehl ratio which
is significantly better than diffraction limit (80%).
The values you give with spherical and coma de-selected
are also interesting. RMS 1/26.4 corresponds to
94% Strehl ratio which is very, very good. You might
be able to reach these numbers with some attention to
the back-focus distance and collimation.
On these SCT sometimes the spherical can be improved
by adjusting the distance between the rear of the scope
and the focal point by removing accessories or adding
spacer tubes. On my C14 the spherical changes by
about 0.1 wave PTV for every inch of distance between
the rear of the scope and focal point. I am not sure
how it would go for your C8, but you can try some
experiments and see.
Coma can be fixed by some collimation adjustment on
the secondary mirror. Yours is already pretty good on
collimation.
John B.