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Old 15-06-2014, 08:02 PM
el_draco (Rom)
Politically incorrect.

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Originally Posted by doppler View Post
Had a friend in the 60's who had and eyepiece "sun" filter, the first time he found the sun he turned to tell his brother, heard a pop...the eyepiece was shattered and that was in seconds and it was only a 3" reflector. Lucky kid but a scary story.
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