Re: Another ATM scope sees the light of day....err night :-)

["Michael J. Coslo" <mjc5@psu.edu>]

Busk Childers wrote in part:
>My 10" f5.8 had it's official first light tonight.

Congratulations Buck! You nare now responsible for all that cloud cover! ;^)

>good through Ronchi and star test.  My only regret is the large number
>of scratches in the glass.  In the second-to-last figuring session I
>contaminated my full sized lap while I was trying to scuff it up with a
>wire brush. I think it picked up some rust.  (Another lesson learned.)

        Nest time try an drafting knife (Exacto or the like) scraped across
the lap in a cross hatch pattern. Works great.

        - Mike -