Guilty. And you don't know the half of it. I just finished a run of "eBayitis" and picked up several telescope mirrors: A 6" f/5; 8" f/5, 10" f/6. The 10" is a new-in-the-box Pyrex Meade, the other two are Chinese-make plate glass. All three together cost right around $400 before shipping charges. And they all show essentially perfect Ronchi bands. The 6" is intended to be a large "finder" for my 17.5" though I may swap it for a 6" Pyrex mirror I've had for some years. But there is comfort in knowing my disease! --- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
LOL, I'm wondering if most of us don't have an obsession with all things optical. The fact that Chuck has WWII optical anything is a testament to this wonderful "disease"!
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