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Originally Posted by astroron
Make sure you have the same side facing inwards (although it's not a show stopper if you reverse it)
There is only one way you can put a corrector plate in,
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Most Celestrons have the profile only on one side of the corrector, meaning the other side is flat. Having the flat side in or out doesn't matter.
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Originally Posted by astroron
Back to the original point,there was a smudge on the plate, all as he has to do is clean it.
End of story
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Yes, if it is a small spot on the outside, wet a rag then wipe it off. If you want to spray the corrector It's better to take it off and give it a good wash, keep the cork/paper shims dry in the annulus.
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Originally Posted by astroron
It is BS to say removing it is Easy, a 14" corrector plate is not a light weight piece of glass.
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Half a dozen screws and a retaining ring. It's easier than getting the primary off a newt.
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Originally Posted by astroron
The poster of this thread sounds as though he has not got a lot of experience with SCT's, so in my opinion would be best just to clean it as normal people would, and not strip it down to clean a bit of a smudge of the front of the corrector plate.
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Agreed. That's why I said to PM me if he needs any further info. Better ask than sorry.
I have documented work
here on my C11 with lots of pictures so you can see the guts of it. C14 is exactly the same. Just bigger and heavier. Although my C11 now is probably heavier and longer than a C14. I think it's about 25kg with the CF tube.