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New photos/text at: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sct-user/files/LX200-OTA-disassembly/> This 12-inch LX-200 is fairly typical - about 0.003 inches gap
... Some part of the hose clamp will make contact with the back end of the mirror cell...and that profile is probably pretty smooth/regular in shape. That
Well OK Tom sent me an off-list note so you guys have persuaded me to give this a whirl. On a c8 I suppose I'm looking for what, maybe a 2 inch or 2.5 inch
They're also visible just after 1st and 3rd quarters. After a day or so I find that they become invisible till the full moon when they show up as white dots,