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Old June 24th 04, 11:31 PM
Jack Dalfonzo
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Default scope goes boom-boom, what to do now!?!!

To my horror, my C11 on its mount tipped over the other day. It's on wheely
bars, and the bars snagged on something I forgot to move earlier in the
week. So, the scope started tipping in what seemed like slow motion, but
because the mount is equatorial and very heavy with everything attached, all
I could do in the position I was in was to slow the impact, but it did touch
the ground. I have a JMI no-shift focuser and that beared the brunt of me
trying to stop the fall, so I ended up snapping the top off of that (where
the focuser control plugs in) and there was enough force involved that I
changed the position of the focuser (retightening the allen screws corrected
this). The tube did touch the ground, but luckily only a small scratch on
the tube- I don't see anything else. However, I can't help wondering if
damage might have been done optically. Any thoughts on what I should look
for? What types of damage are possible to the mirrors from such a fall?

Thanks,
Jack Dalfonzo



 




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