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Old 26-11-2012, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bartman View Post
Maybe an odd question.......
Rick, the side on pic of the mirror ( pic 2 and 3) show lateral banding and waves in the glass. Is this normal or due to the drop it had?
Just curious....
Good to hear you got a new one so soon!
Bartman
Bart: the new mirror is the same. I think it's due to the way the mirror blank is cast.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley View Post
I look forward to your review of the scope.

Mike has me thinking about getting one for my dark site observatory now.

Specifically I would be mostly interested in flexure problems.

Greg.
I'll let you know how it goes, Greg. I was going to compare guiding using the internal guide chip in my STL11K vs an external guide scope (which is what I'll ultimately need to use with my U16M when it finally comes back from the USA).

I picked up a nice lightweight, solid guide scope to use - a Borg 50mm achromat.

Cheers,
Rick.
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