Excellent news. Good to hear the mirror performs. Always a chance of some problem.
Any idea what to do if the the glass tool sticks to the mirror on 600 grit?
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Originally Posted by hamishbarker
some sensational views of jupiter and saturn and the moon this evening, after a bit of unexpected recollimation. normally this telescope holds collimation even if the mirror has been removed and replaced. Eventually I realised that the need for collimation had been caused by me not screwing the mirror box tailgate completely shut. Thankfully the safety latch was closed and one screw just hand tightened, but that could have been a disaster of a dumped mirror onto the concrete!
the scratches might be making a little scattered light across the field, but overall I am very happy with the performance. No deep sky tonight as scudding clouds had me rapidly switching between jupiter, saturn the moon, alpacrucis as holes in the clouds presented themselves.
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