Lost 16"Mirror

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by ngcles

Hi Ron,

Can't wait to get that baby back in your arms eh ? Don't blame you, I'd be the same!

Hope it all works out quickly!


Best,

Les D

P.S Gee Ron I see post No 5,000 is coming up pretty soon for you!

Thanks Les
We treat our scopes like Babies,pamper and love them
Yep not far now
Cheers

[M54 (Molly)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Thanks Les
We treat our scopes like Babies.......

Enjoy the delivery tomorrow Ron!

[Rick Petrie]

Good that you will be back soon with the mirror Ron.
You should be happy with the resurfaced mirror, Isaac does a really first class job.
Hopefully clear skies now for you.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Thanks Ric
the only time I will be happy is when I have in my hands
Cheers

I Picked up the Mirror this morning and the baby is now back in it's cradle
Thanks everyone for your thoughts for a happy ending to this thread
Cheers
PS I couldn't get the mirror at the right angle and smile at the same time

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Yah!
Happy! happy! joy! joy!

[astroron (Ron)]

JJJ
Cheers

[GrahamL]

Thats great Ron .. did you toss in a frog to break it in

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by nightstalker

Thats great Ron .. did you toss in a frog to break it in

Graham, Frogs are "Persona Non Grata" close to my scope from now on
Cheers

[Jen]

Woohoooo................

[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

Thank goodness for that Ron, I've been gringing watching this story unfold. But like everyone else, I do love a happy ending

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by AstroJunk

Thank goodness for that Ron, I've been gringing watching this story unfold. But like everyone else, I do love a happy ending

Thanks Johnathan, so do I
Cheers

[ZeroID (Brent)]

And they all lived happily ever after ....The End

(Been watching this and had my fingers crossed for you )

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by ZeroID

And they all lived happily ever after ....The End

(Been watching this and had my fingers crossed for you )

Thanks Brent, I am glad it had a good result for me
Now for a change in the weather to test it out
Cheers

[hotspur (Chris)]

Really great to read,but even better to see images of mirror "Back in your hot little hands"

So how long is that re silvering/treatment going to last? What factors make a mirror deteriorate?And approx how many years between treatment for dob owners to go through the torture you have just been through?

Sorry,for asking-I know nothing about dobs and jsut curious.

Cheers Chris

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Any scope that has a mirror eg. newtonians and RC's, will experience light erosion. The photons, when they hit the mirror, dislodge the aluminium atoms. So eventually the mirror will need recoating.
Some people of course believe that it's due to environmental factors like exposure to weather eg dew, dust, the occasional frog dropping and just plain old age.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Any scope that has a mirror eg. newtonians and RC's, will experience light erosion. The photons, when they hit the mirror, dislodge the aluminium atoms. So eventually the mirror will need recoating.
Some people of course believe that it's due to environmental factors like exposure to weather eg dew, dust, the occasional frog dropping and just plain old age.

Thanks JJ for the above
Chris, other things that contribute are continuous cleaning, extreme changes of temperature, and the quality of the original coating and the amount of time spent out under the stars.
I have had this scope about Ten years , so if I look after it is should see me close to the end of my Observing life
Cheers

[Ric]

Great news Ron.

Good to see mirror and owner are reunited again.

Happy hunting for those elusive SN's, no excuses now with a clean mirror

[acropolite (Phil)]

Good to hear you have your mirror back Ron.

[bartman (Bart)]

Good on you Ron,
Looking happy as a pig in quagmire!
Happy AP'ing!
Bartman

[astroron (Ron)]

Thanks Ric,Phil and Bart
I hope we get some clear sky's soon
Bart, Happy AP'ing!
Cheers