What is the name of this component on an SCT?

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hommel
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kochu wrote:Or is it a "light-bucket"

Kochu/4-6-09
all the terms so cheem..i just simply called it alum thin-walled hollow section with black paint inside
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Post by superiorstream »

Hi,SCT fans
A name is most fitting if you see/hear the name you think of the object.Thus the front one should be called Main Corrector plate housing and the rear one The Main SCT mirror and visual back(cum view finder) housing.
That way you cant miss it.
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Post by Fuzzy »

heh I think light bucket refers to the entire OTA assembly.

I would go with Aluminum tube if I had to ask for one. Always wanted to fabricate a tube from Carbon Fiber, its a very messy process though.
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