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This evening, a stunned mosquito on the primary mirror of my SkyWatcher Heritage P130
I'd swatted at it, down against my bust, as I was doing up the truss bolts after collapsing that scope for storage. Looked down to see where the mosquito splat was on my tshirt to brush the remains off. Nothing. By chance I glanced down inside the scope before putting the cover on. Stunned mosquito on its back, on the primary mirror.
A few quick squeezes of air from my photographic air cleaner, and the mosquito was blown off the mirror. I could not see where it ended up after that.
edit:
I found where the mosquito landed. I'd managed to blow it around the mirror cell. The mosquito was beside the central bolt on the base of the scope.
No wonder I could not find it when I was shining a torch at the area around the mirror.
Last edited by JeniSkunk; 20-03-2020 at 10:48 PM.
Reason: minor update to the post
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