its ready...

[estwing]

Orion Optics called me today..come pick your mirror up,its looking lovely..and your custom made spider is done

[Mike73]

Nice one Calv!

What made you go for the OOUK rather than the Nichol mirror?

[estwing]

it is the Nichol mirror,with OO high lux coatings..best of both worlds..now the focuser,hmmm

[crashtestdummy]

Hope yours looks better than my mirror did when i picked it up from them

[estwing]

hopefully mate,mines not a recoat tho...fingers crossed.

[John]

Sounds good

Is this the 18" ?

What sort of spider have you gone for ?

[estwing]

yes the 18" John and the spiders the OO standard 4 vane,made to my needs with a little bit of tolerence at the ends

[estwing]

picking this up tomorrow

[estwing]

un boxing tomorrow,but have to say guys were very helpfull on secondry fixing advise and were polite..now it gets pride of place on top of the fireplace.....joke

[estwing]

report says 1/8 PV or better..

[John]

report says 1/8 PV or better..

Sounds good - does it give the Strehl ratio ?

Strehl ratio is a better indicator of the overall optical quality I reckon.

[estwing]

no john,i have to pay for a complete report...just got a simple one from john nichol.

[John]

no john,i have to pay for a complete report...just got a simple one from john nichol.

He has an excellent reputation so it should be a really nice mirror

I believe he supplies mirrors for David Lukehurst's dobs and they are top notch !

[estwing]

yes he does John..email says in the region of .95 strehl...wowsers

[estwing]

i borrowed that can a beans from Damo for scale...

[Naemeth]

Could have just used a tape measure!

[estwing]

Could have just used a tape measure!

...damo didn't send one!!

[Naemeth]

...damo didn't send one!!

Don't you have one?

[estwing]

no don't be daft...i'm a builder!!

[Damo636]

I was wondering where my beans had gone :-)

Lookin' good mate, that mirror sounds like a cracker!

[Moonshane]

looking good mate! welcome to the big dob club!

[estwing]

at last...running with the big boys!

[swamp thing]

That looks like a nice big hunk of glass

What does it weigh, out of interest?

[estwing]

14.5 kg steve...

[Mike73]

Really looking forward to seeing this progress!

Remember to keep it portable Calv, that lovely mirror will only sing under dark skies!