You thought cleaning a 10" mirror is hard....

[Doc]

Fancy cleaning this one.

Mt Graham!

[insomnia]

Mr Sheen shines umpteen things clean.

[Macavity]

I was quite fascinated to see that these things can (apparently?) be blast-cleaned with a CO2 jet. Apparently the CO2 "snow" has just the right hardness to dispose of insect suicides, random nocturnal gunge etc., without removing the surface coating! And, since it sublimates, there's no liquid smearing problems. Now where's m'fire extinguisher...

[albedo0.39]

Top idea that - Co2 for cleaning the mirror.. Hmmmm got me thinking

[NickH]

Fantastic images

[Beulah]

Sigh, what a great find, nice one Doc!!! I wish I could go and visit that place someday....

[Astro_Baby]

Nah - no worries there - just dunk it in some warm soapy water and put it on the drainer till its dry - tut tut - men always make it seem so hard

[Moonshane]

blumming hell. it will take him a long time to polish that with his socks.

[PhillyDee]

Love the pics. Where does the eyepiece go ?