celestron c9.25 cleaning

[sooot]

How to get inside without damage, im not going to attempt without the wise words of you lot.I need to open up my scope to do a spot of cleaning or should i say retrieving. My son thought it be a good idea to take off the caps and insert a bouncy ball, not seen it for myself yet, just had a call off the wife to tell me the news. Must try not to laugh when i tell him not to do it again

[Coco]

Dont me surprised if you need the mirror re coating 

[sooot]

Woha you cant say stuff like that leave a grinning face then run off . Im hoping when i get back its just a bouncy ball stuck inside and not a whole playset

[m.tweedy]

if it is stuck (hopefully) in the actual tube inside the telescope then a pair of needle nosed pliers should pull it out.

if bouncing around inside the OTA then the only option is to remove the corrector marking it so it goes back on in the same place.

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/174723-c925-corrector-plate-removal-for-cleaning/

http://www.cloudynights.com/page/articles/cat/articles/new-articles-in-monthname/cleaning-and-modifying-the-c11-beast-part-1-removing-the-corrector-plate-r2476