[Chaos-l] Telescope intro and cleaning ideas (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Tony Rice]

Is is a reflector or refractor type telescope?  Will you be cleaning mirrors
or optics?  Do you know the make and/or model?

-Tony

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Travis, Miles (Cont, ARL/ADO) <
Miles.travis at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> Hey guys,
>
> I've been receiving your emails for a while, but had not yet invested in a
> telescope and I can't make it to the Tuesday night meetings, so I've never
> officially joined the group. But now I'm looking for some pointers.
>
> Recently I was at a friend's house in the VA mountains and he was showing
> me
> some work he's done in the basement of his house. He had a telescope
> (covered in the dust from his renovation) sitting in the corner. I asked
> him
> about it and he just gave it to me.... said he never had time for it. He
> had
> misplaced the eye pieces, but I am headed back to the mountains to get them
> next weekend, and I'd like to try out my new scope while I'm up there.
>
> So... I was wondering if anyone had pointers on cleaning a horribly dusty
> telescope, and if anyone has time between now and the 16th to give me an
> intro to using it? I really know nothing about telescopes, but I'm a quick
> learner.
>
> The best way to reach me off-list is at miles.e.travis at gmail.com.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Miles Travis
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