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This chapter provides corrective actions if your telescope fails to perform as well as you think it should and includes a discussion of optical faults and testing techniques that are relatively easy to apply. Descriptions of the common aberrations are supplied with an explanation of their effect. A section on quick and dirty quality tests is included.
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Clark, R.L. (2011). Evaluation, Quality Testing, and Optical Aberrations. In: Amateur Telescope Making in the Internet Age. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6415-1_12
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