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

[Travis, Miles (Cont, ARL/ADO)]

It is an older model reflector -- Meade telestar ds-114. I googled it, but did not find much that seemed to be informative.

I assume I need to clean the mirror. It has just been sitting in basement with construction dust settling on it for several months. Maybe using compressed air would do the trick, but I didn't want to try something that might foul it up without knowing.

Miles

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From: Tony Rice <rtphokie at gmail.com> 
To: Travis, Miles (Cont, ARL/ADO) 
Cc: CHAOS <chaos-l at rtpnet.org> 
Sent: Wed Jun 09 11:19:07 2010
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Telescope intro and cleaning ideas (UNCLASSIFIED) 


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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