replacement xt10 mirror

Disaster has struck, and I need a replacement mirror for my 6 year old XT10. Orion will not sell me a replacement. Can anyone tell me where i might get a new mirror???

Thanks for any help offered....

matt gray

matthew gray said:

Disaster has struck, and I need a replacement mirror for my 6 year old XT10. Orion will not sell me a replacement. Can anyone tell me where i might get a new mirror???

Thanks for any help offered....

matt gray

This place has been around for quite awhile:
http://www.e-scopes.cc/
You may wish to contact them for further information as they appear to offer various mirrors, but since you didn't specify what focal ratio you need, it's a bit hard to tell.

The difficulty will be the f/4.7 ratio. f/5 mirrors are readily available at meridian and e-scopes, but the xt10 design doesn't readily allow you to move the focuser or the cell to accomodate a different focal ratio. You could get creative, get some sonotube and refashion the whole thing with the components at hand. Wouldn't be too expensive.

But I think your best bet is to place a wanted ad in the telescope making section of the classifieds here at a-mart.

--geo.