GSO RC images 21 May 2009

[TrevorW]

OK Alex are you game (refer post on SCP)

Cheers

[AlexN]

Dude... Not yet hey... but it does look like it will fix the problem..

Out of everyone I know who owns one of these scopes, Paul has the most experience with dismantling scopes...

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Dave

It baffles me too

see the short and long black thingies in the middle of the scope in the images from the link posted by Leinad they are the baffles

Cheers

Ah, the black support rods that tie the front and aft sections together?

Dave

[TrevorW]

Funny man DAve, Alex the primary baffle tubes internal diameter is about 37mm and about 127mm long I was thinking about a set of baffle rings to fit inside this say each baffle 2-3 mm width

[AlexN]

Dave,

The baffle is a long tube that extends from the centre of the primary mirror upwards towards the secondary mirror. Its whole purpose is to stop extraneous light reflections and to increase contrast... baffles like this are used in most compound scopes (SCT/RC/MCT) however if they are made of a reflective material, sometimes they dont serve their purpose...

[leinad (Dan)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Daniel, That link you posted does show a VERY similar reflection, and apparently flocking the baffle tube fixed it (as seen in the image)

It does doesn't it. I hope this helps. I'd be a little worried though that the manufacturer didn't address this issue.
Hopefully the manufacturer provides a positive response to a fix; I'd hate to resort to pulling the thing apart.

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Dave,

The baffle is a long tube that extends from the centre of the primary mirror upwards towards the secondary mirror. Its whole purpose is to stop extraneous light reflections and to increase contrast... baffles like this are used in most compound scopes (SCT/RC/MCT) however if they are made of a reflective material, sometimes they dont serve their purpose...

Ah, I get ya. lol!!!

Dave

[Paul Haese]

Couple of things here guys.

I have used my scope several times in very dewy conditions, never had the scope dew up yet.

Now in terms of the reflections, how bout not A) discussing it here (use the other thread) and B) lets not just assume this is a manufacturing fault. That is not productive, the scopes work fine, let us find out what the problem is and not speculate. If it were a common problem it would show up in every image.