Re: Cleaning a mirror
- From: Cerdic <blah@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:16:07 GMT
Cerdic <blah@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Xns973FC562DC56Dnospamnooospamcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> I borrowed an Odyssey 1 (16", I think) telescope from my
> school. I
> started looking at some stars and Mars and noticed that the telescope
> seemed badly out of collimation (it was collimated before leaving
> school, I figured the transport changed that). Well, collimation
> still seemed ok, but I found that the mirror is extremely dirty.
>
> Is there a good way to clean the mirror? Can I just pop the
> back
> open, take the mirror out, and clean it with a water/isopropyl alcohol
> mix, or is this something I shouldn't mess with?
Ok, on everyone's advice, I won't attempt to clean it.
So, I'm back to collimation... I tried tweaking the collimation by
adjusting the primary mirror, but the screws do absolutely nothing. I
don't think the scope has been used in ages and probably needs some
maintenance performed on it. I guess that I'll just haul it back to
school.
.
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