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Old 30-12-2008, 01:06 PM
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FS: 355mm Dobsonian Mirror (Never used) - PERTH ***PICS UP!

Hi I have had this 355mm x 30mm thick mirror in the original wooden box it came in (purchased from astro optical, when they were selling mirrors) for a couple of years and never got around to building the telescope... There is a tiny amount of dust on the mirror from being stored away for so long so it might need a clean, it's never been out of the box till now. I don't know what it's worth now so make me an offer

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Old 30-12-2008, 01:42 PM
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What f number ?
How thick ?
Substrate ?
What is the coating (std Al , protected Al, enhanced Al) ?
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Old 30-12-2008, 03:09 PM
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What f number ?
How thick ?
Substrate ?
What is the coating (std Al , protected Al, enhanced Al) ?
Sorry I'm not sure of the substrate or what the coating is... but yeah it's 355mm accross x 30mm thick.
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Old 31-12-2008, 01:15 PM
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... If i hadn't just purchased a heap of gear. ide be interested. Also ian if your interested in what the details are just go back to astro optical, they should have all those details.
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Old 01-01-2009, 02:23 PM
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Where abouts are you, is it possible to come and see the mirror and if purchasing pick it up? I am in Sydney area and might be interested.

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Old 01-01-2009, 06:14 PM
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Just some historical background I can add. This mirror was made in Australia by George Smith circa 1993 to 1994 of the short lived S.P.A.C.E optical co. He may have supplied it to Astro Optical to order , or it came to Astro Optical as a trade in. The mirror material is plate glass.

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Old 02-01-2009, 11:53 AM
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What's the f no , or sagitta ?
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:04 PM
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how much are you looking at for the mirror?
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Old 03-01-2009, 04:54 PM
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I'm not sure what the mirror is worth, I'd also love to be able to tell you guys what the coating is and what F ratio it is, but I don't have that information ... I was told I can guestimate the f ratio by shining a light at it, bringing it into focus and dividing that focal length by the aperture, so I might try that. Would someone care to give me an approx value of this mirror, I know I paid alot for it when I bought it but that was years ago.
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Old 03-01-2009, 07:34 PM
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Nice mirror, might be interested myself.

Forgive my dodgy memory of this stuff, been a while since I made my mirror.
For a true focal length measurement you need an 'infinite' distant light source, the Sun is perfect but very dangerous with a coated mirror this size! so don't use the sun!
I used to use the Sun but only when the mirror was uncoated polished glass.

I think(again, dodgy memory) with a torch or some other light source, the focal point shifts depending on how distant the light source is.
If you adjust the light source to get it and the focal point the same distance from the mirror(it's centre of curvature), you then halve the measured distance to get the true focal point distance(the right distance for parallel-ray light source like stars) and then divide that by the mirrors diameter to get the f-ratio.

Another way is to measure the sagita. To do this you need to measure the depth to the centre of the mirror in relation to the edge.
This is done with a flat bar placed across the mirror and then measure using a micrometer depth gauge, then plugging the numbers into a formula, which is F=r^2/(4D) where F=focal length, D=depth and r=mirror radius.
Ofcourse there is the danger of damaging the mirror edge/coating etc with the flat bar and depth gauge.

Someone please correct me if I've messed that up!
 

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