Friday, May 30, 2014

140527

140527 SBAU Telescope Workshop
Attendees:  TimC, TomW, JerryW, PaulW, MikeC, EdK, TomT

TomW made Ronchi pattern printout based on
his mirror's f5.9? final shape using macRonchi program.
More pics/vids at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/27241501@N03/sets/72157644849872496/
MikeC's pitch lap divot; white coating is embedded cerium
oxide on the pitch lap



MikeC w/ HP waveguide carriage
as a base for a possible mirror test setup
MikeC 10inch Ronchi pattern...center not polished due to
pitch lap center divot?


EdK chordal polishing starting to smooth out outer ridge?

TimC donated 8 inch mirror 1st polish Ronchi result

PaulW showing TomT use of Registax5 program for bringing
out Jupiter moon shadows from Celestron NexImage5 frames

TomW getting TimC to use glycerine and detergent in polishing
compound to avoid stickage (worked for Sam grinding 10in)

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