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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Yep this a baffle tube reflection Trevor. You can follow my tutorial on it as Greg suggested. Once this is done the images tend to have a lot more contrast too.
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I'll add a small note of caution about flocking a GSO RC8. It may be that this issue has been resolved in later production runs of this scope. The one with which I had this experience was the very earliest model sold here. I followed Paul's guide but encountered a problem when removing the baffle tube. In the process, I did not see that the small rubber collar at the base was held in place and under a sort of tension by 2 little grub screws that were darn near invisible. Not seeing them, I did not loosen them off before trying to unscrew/turn the baffle tube with the result that the primary mirror moved axially. That meant that any indexing between the primary and secondary was lost and since I could not find any indexing marks either, found myself in a world of hurt.
SO proceed with caution.
Peter