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

[William Cook]

Miles:

http://www.obsessiontelescopes.com/learning_center/cleaning_mirror/index.html

The above link is a discussion on how to clean a mirror on a large dob.  While your scope is quite smaller, the general procedures and notes are similar.  Dave Kriege makes a point that if you use soap, that you not use more than one (1) drop in a gallon of distilled water. Otherwise you will never get the soap residue off the mirror.  Good luck and have fun.

Bill Cook

On Jun 9, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Travis, Miles (Cont, ARL/ADO) 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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