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Started by Fay, May 12, 2009, 20:44:20

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RobertM

#15
May 14, 2009, 15:29:55
Nice scope, shame about the poo !

Fay

#16
May 14, 2009, 15:54:20
Well, John, Tony gave me 3 x1kg, I am thinking I will only need 2, so shall use those. 
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Mike

#17
May 14, 2009, 19:32:56
Quote from: Fay on May 14, 2009, 15:21:34
will sort that John. Telescope house would be good, as I can pick it up. I wonder if they do  lighter one's

if you want to get ripped off yeah!
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

JohnP

#18
May 14, 2009, 19:44:00
Quoteif you want to get ripped off yeah!

Well Mike in their defence when I bought my LXD75 from them a few years back it only came with one weight. I quickly found out that when I put MN56 & guide scope on I needed two weights. I gave them a call & they actually told me they had a used one (bit scratched etc. but what the heck) & that it was mine for free if I picked it up...

Good service if you ask me & certainly not a rip off...

The Thing

#19
May 14, 2009, 20:20:27
...and they replaced my RA drive board, checked the whole scope and gave me a new Autostar last time my LX90 went wrong. All for free. They felt a bit guilty as it had a history over its two years and also found a lot wrong when they finally looked closely. I like Telescope House.

Fay

#20
May 14, 2009, 20:27:42
I think Carole had a few replacements & swaps by TH as well! They were on first name terms at AstroFest the other year! :lol: :lol:
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Rocket Pooch

#21
May 14, 2009, 20:37:17
Fay,

I have a spare weight you can borrow, do you want me to run it around tomorrow?

Chris

Fay

#22
May 14, 2009, 21:01:26
that is kind of you Chris. What time was you thinking, not around in morning
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Rocket Pooch

#23
May 14, 2009, 21:08:44
about 6pm

Fay

#24
May 14, 2009, 21:13:35
Great Chris
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Rocket Pooch

#25
May 16, 2009, 08:34:10
Robert, they Zygo on Fay's scope has it as 12th wave  :o .986 streath.

Fay

#26
May 16, 2009, 13:47:49
 :o
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Ian

#27
May 16, 2009, 15:22:30

RobertM

#28
May 16, 2009, 21:22:16
That's not a whole strewth then !

12th wave sounds ok, is that RMS or Peak to Valley ?

Ian

#29
May 16, 2009, 23:42:05
not quite a whole one, no.

IIRC that'll be 986 G'days. A *really* good telescope could be many strewths. Maybe as much as a goodonyamate.

There's been some discussion (can't for the life of me remember where, might have been QCUIAG) regarding Orion's Zygo report. There was some concern about the interpretation of the interferometry. I'll have to see if I can find it, but it was to do with the numbers not telling the whole story regarding surface roughness. However, 12th wave is none too shabby RMS or P-V...
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