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Old 11-07-2014, 09:56 PM
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DIY Mirror silvering

This old 10" meade starfinder was salvaged from the tip/recycle centre for $50 with a badly corroded primary mirror. After a acid wash and a home re-silver the primary is seeing light again. A fair bit of coma but it is a F4.5. 23 X 20sec @ iso 3200 mounted on eq pier with RA drive only

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