TAL 1

[Jetblakk]

Just bought a Tal 1 second hand by the way (very cheep) got it home and the mirror seems to be very dirty dust and water rain or dew there is three screws at the bottom of tube outside is this the way to take it out to clean ? if so can I just put it back or will it need re collimation again if so how do you do it Thanks Vik:headbang:

[Astro_Baby]

Take a look on my website in my sig, have a look at diy and projects and there is a strip down guide for the tal one. It will show how to take mirror out.

Have a look under tech help and theres a collimation guide that people like.

[Moonshane]

do make sure that you follow the tried and tested ways to clean a mirror or it's easily damaged. if you looked at the mirror by shining a torch down the tube, it will look worse than it is. I have never cleaned a mirror even though it has a few water stains and some dust. it rarely affects the view unless seriously bad. a scratched mirror is often a lot worse than a dirty one!

here's a good one

[AndyH]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Tal, Vik

There's lots of folks with these great wee scopes, me included.

I second a read of Astro_Baby's Tal 1 stripdown guide. Superbly informative.

We have a Tal Users Group set up on sgl, Stargazers Lounge - Tal Users Group

which amongst other Tal related stuff, has hints n tips etc on Tal 1's.

Have a pop in if you wish.

Cheers,

Andy.

[Jetblakk]

Thanks for the help guys will check out your web site Astro_Baby in fact I think I will try them all out thanks again Vik