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Old 11-08-2009, 10:53 PM
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250mm F5 Pyrex telescope mirror

I have a 250mm F5 telescope primary mirror for sale .

The blank is Schott Suprax ( a kind of low expansion Boroslicate 34mm thick ) .

The mirror is ex ASTRO OPTICS . It has never been coated. A good mate of mine ( ) has tested it under double pass autocollimation and Null star test at high magnification .

It has a very smooth figure , superb polish , no turned edge under knife edge, and shows an excellent star test. The owner , whether using it for a replacement mirror in a chinese scope or a new ATM project would be thrilled with its performance .

It has never been coated . I can deliver it to CQin Pty Ltd for a superb Quartz protected aluminium which will cost you around $270 . CQin can ship to you from Campsie.

I am asking $450 ONO for the uncoated mirror . Direct Funds deposit or Paypal preferred.

See below for double pass Ronchigram under auto-collimation with a 200 line Ronch grating. The slight bend on the bands right in the middle is just a heat plume from the 550nm frequency laser diode light source.
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