[doug mc]

Just installed a Parks 8inch f/6 mirror in my Saxon tube assembly. Had to make tube extension and a support for back of the mirror. By far and away the best $400.00 i ever spent in astro gear. Although the original mirror was as good as any if not better than my other reflectors, this Parks mirror is amazing. The extra focal star paterns are the best i have seen, pretty well identical. At least six craterlets were observed in Platos floor last night. They were not just specks but clearly circular.