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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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