Monthly Archives: September 2008

Orion guidescope

Posted by Erwin Kats on September 20, 2008 – 10:38
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the store astroproducts belgium has quit with their store.
normaly the Orion 80mm F11.4 achro guidescope will cost 150€, but now it just cost me 75€!
i also bought an 8” glass solar filter form orion.

8” mirror

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Posted by Erwin Kats on September 12, 2008 – 15:24
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i decided to take my front lens of my 8” LX90 SCT. ( this is just the OTA, i got my LX90 8” on a GEM )

here some reasons why take the lens cell out.
a)my secundaire mirror was full of grease.
b)to look how the system works, because i want to clean the lens cell it self the next time.

Click the link below, to see more photo’s and read more about the process.

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