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Thanks for replies so far all - and yes I have been considering driving it out there - at least for delivery! We have friends in Lyons, just 3hrs further down..... The cost of ferry+fuel isnt hugely bigger than courier, and way less hassle.....

Hi folks, My 16" f4 mirror is originally an OOUK but it was heavily, heavily overcorrected (unusable for high powers). Another story. I got it refigured in the UK, and its now much better. But still a long way from perfect in terms of overall figure and surface roughness. Ive arranged for Franck Griere of Mirro-sphere to refigure. This is brilliant, he's widely considered the best in Europe. John Nichol in the UK is also highly thought of but he gets mirrors recoated at OOUK. Also Mirro-Sphere has a better rep, I do high-res planetary stuff, and i think i deserve the best for the hobby that dominates my life. Pre Brexit I'd have just couriered it out to him and he'd have sent it back, but obviously things are much more complicated and expensive now. I know I'll be liable for duty of some kind as its classed as export and re-import, as well as duty on repair costs. Or taxes, whatever. Money. But the HMRC webpages are completely unintelligible. I just dont know where to start. A large part of me wants to just ship it with a value of £5 and see what happens. But I dont want to get stitched up. Any ideas/help would be gratefully received. I'd love to get it back in time for Venus thermal imaging in September! Cheers Nick

Just wanted to say thanks also - i was losing my Rubbish...reinstalled ascom, eqmod...nothign worked. You are a hero!

Sorry if i missed it but what temp is this at?

Hi- this is exactly the same problem I have - anyone got any other ideas? I have a 97 image Jupiter animation to process! Cheers Nick

hmmmm....i suspect thats mostly noise enhanced to look like features. i;d be interested to see it compared with the known terrain visible at that time - winjupos?