Every summer I take my 10"LX200GPS camping to enjoy the dark sky's. This year was pretty windy though and my luck ran out on not getting anything a the front lens (correcting plate). My question is the UHTC coating on the inside or outside of the lens and what do I need to clean it with. Usually I just get a little dust and use air but thats not going to cut it this time. THANKS for any help!
Mead with UHTC
Started by crazy8svt, 11/06/2007 01:35AM
Posted 11/06/2007 01:35AM
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Posted 11/07/2007 04:42AM
| Edited 11/07/2007 04:45AM
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Coatings are bonded into the glass and it will take sandpaper to get them off. You can clean with a lot of different stuff including windex, but an exhaustive discussion and a link to Dr. Clay's sooper dooper mix is to be found in the document "How to Clean Your Corrector Plate" which is in the files of the Yahoo! sct-user group. Myself, I use Purosol these days. Look for it on the web. It's recommended by Astro-Physics.
Also look at the article here on Astromart called "Disassembly of an SCT: Child's play" for how to pop the corrector so you can clean it.
http://www.astromart.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=594
Of course, you aren't doing a disassembly. You're just popping the corrector plate. Easy.
regards
Greg N
Also look at the article here on Astromart called "Disassembly of an SCT: Child's play" for how to pop the corrector so you can clean it.
http://www.astromart.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=594
Of course, you aren't doing a disassembly. You're just popping the corrector plate. Easy.
regards
Greg N
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