First Decent
Results!
Hello again,
Below
are the first decent results from my chamber on a real mirror. I proably should have cleaned the shop floor
prior to taking these picture, but does anyone clean their shop floors J As I coat more
mirrors, I’ll keep adding images to this page as I go, just to keep a log for
myself on my various results. Next
item added will be my set of 8” F/8 Bino Mirrors, which I shall try to coat with
the Silicone mirror supports still in place (should be an interesting
experiment!)
10” F/5
(this is the mirror that Paul and I had to regrind do to my first coating OOPS!!)
Foucault image prior to coating:
(Somewhat rough surface, fair edge, some pits still, with
good correction)
The Coating
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My Ugly Mug as seen by the mirror J
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Foucault Image after Coating
(Not sure what that thing at the top is? Doesn’t move with the mirror, so it must be an imaging
artifact..)
I’ll take this mirror to the shop today, give it to the guys building the mount, and add it to our collection of scopes after seeing just what It can do thru the eyepiece!
Take
Care,
James