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Thanks Kay Heem for the suggestion. Well, the interior of the OTA is painted flat black by Meade. The shininess I think was because the OTA was near a window and it's concentrated light cast by the primary mirror onto the OTA interior. I think that at night, there would be very little stray light th...

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The Corrector Plate interior does look a lot cleaner, after wiping away 4 years' accumulation of grime.

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Cleaning the inside of an SCT [/i] I bought my Meade LX-90 8" SCT thru Mr. Lee soon after it was launched about 4 years ago. I've never kept it in a dry cabinet bec I don't have one large enough. I've brought it to Mersing about a half dozen times, and have found it to be a superb instrument o...

I am the person who bidded successfully for the PST yesterday. I wish to add that the PST in normal lightning conditions does look like "90% pristine condition" as advertised. The front solar filter is reflective like a mirror, so the white spots are not apparent. I too didn't see them upo...

I'd like to thank all the organisers and volunteers for a great time last night / this morning. Thanks too to all who brought their scopes and shared the views. There was the most variety of scopes I've ever seen gathered. From 4" and 4.5" APOs (I had a fabulous view of the Pleiades in the...