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focal reducer
An auxiliary lens, used mainly for photographic or CCD-imaging purposes. It reduces a telescope's effective focal length, allowing images to be taken much faster, and also gives a wider field of view. Some focal reducers may be used visually to obtain a wider field of view, but others are intended for photographic/CCD use only.
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