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Mirror Aluminising
Hi All,
I have a 16" Lightbridge and was wondering who can re-aluminise this size mirror in Australia. I am sure this has been covered (no pun intended) before, but I am looking for up-to-date information.
I am heading to Denver in May and will be visiting JMI Telescopes in Lakewood. I am considering turning my 16" into a GOTO scope. Due to my back problems, I am finding this harder to position manually.
However, although the mirror is still fine, it is starting to shows some degradation in the surface coating. Although this is very minor, I don't want to make the outlay for the GOTO stuff, unless I know where I can get it re-aluminised, when the time comes.
The place I know/knew about cannot do this size mirror, or have ceased to exist. Is it cheaper to just buy a new mirror. I have made enquiries about this today.
My question is, who can do this in Australia, and can they do over-coating?
Thanks and cheers
Pete
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