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A mailing list for the users of commercial Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes hosted by the inimitable "Uncle" Rod Mollise. Users of the similar Maksutov Cassegrains, including the ETX, the Questars, and the INTES MAK-CAS telescopes are also welcome....

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Re: Crack in secondonary mirror housing Uhhh, not quite... The thicker backing plate would allow a greater tolerance for the collimation screws so you could add springs or washers. But I dont think Posted - Tue May 29, 2012 4:50 am	P T Chambers phil11111111 Offline Send Email
Re: Crack in secondonary mirror housing From your comments it would seem that a thicker backing plate holding the secondary would be a good change. I�m thinking of a one-off rather than a generic Posted - Tue May 29, 2012 3:37 am	Ken Strauss kstrauss7 Offline Send Email
Re: solar filters? Gregg, I was at an event 2 weeks ago and the adults and the kids (some were very small) were an absolute pleasure to be around, I guess this may depend on Posted - Tue May 29, 2012 12:09 am	Dale M lionsfan0_16 Offline Send Email
Re: solar filters? I know that I am late to the game for this thread, but I wanted to share my experience with both Baader film and 1000 Oaks filters. I have a pair of Parks Posted - Mon May 28, 2012 10:46 pm	Bob greggmhill Offline Send Email
Re: solar filters? Dale, Welcome to the state of parenting today! Today's youth have very little respect for anyone. They are certainly the "Me" generation. However, there are Posted - Mon May 28, 2012 10:40 pm	Bob greggmhill Offline Send Email
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