Good Cleaning Cloth?

[TankBall]

so ya. im looking for a good cleaning cloth since the ones i have will smudge all over the place, and some dust got into under the eyepiece so i messes with my viewing to where there r ghost lights.

[laowhoo]

We use diapers. In fact, my wife just came home with a new bundle last week and they go straight into the wash--no fabric softener! But for your incidental dust use one of those bubble-blow things that camera people always have. You'll eventually get some eyelash oil on them, etc., but for this new dust best to blow it off.

[mikeDnight]

[John]

I use the Baader Micro Fibre cloth with their Wonder Fluid when I clean my eyepieces and (very occasionally) refractor objective lenses:

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/astronomy-optics-cleaning-protection/baader-optical-wonder-fluid.html

The cloth can be washed out now and then to keep it fresh and clean.

[davyludo]

I agree with John on the Baader Wonder Fluid and cloth - excellent stuff. I think I would be too scared to use other stuff now, after reading stories....and damaging one of my own eyepieces by not cleaning it properly. 

[laowhoo]

BTW Tank, Thought of this for you. It's a very decent intro to navigating the sky in 4 parts (suppose you could skip southern hemisphere)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GunO3pwnpo&index=1&list=PLJxUjV55G6SaZWuJR8oSbxR51jZxff3rw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayU7lniPINA&list=PLJxUjV55G6SaZWuJR8oSbxR51jZxff3rw&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFAPZSSuPWc&index=4&list=PLJxUjV55G6SaZWuJR8oSbxR51jZxff3rw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAaLzzXJFZw&index=3&list=PLJxUjV55G6SaZWuJR8oSbxR51jZxff3rw

Cheers

 

[refractordude]

On 1/17/2018 at 06:51, TankBall said:

so ya. im looking for a good cleaning cloth since the ones i have will smudge all over the place, and some dust got into under the eyepiece so i messes with my viewing to where there r ghost lights.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nice-N-Clean-Lens-Wipes-100-CT/51494173