Re: [ATM] Stubborn Oblate Spheroid.. update

[Jason Hissong <jhissong@gmail.com>]

Bob,

Thanks for the compliment!  This is the farthest I have gone on any 
mirror (the first 6" I gave up on.. which I regret so I am making up for 
it with this one). As I mentioned in my email to Mike, I think I will 
continue on a few more hours just to be safe on the pits and remove that 
last bit of TDE.  When I scanned the mirror surface this morning using a 
laser, I did see some "stars" that would not go away with my finger.  
However, I cannot tell if it is on the surface or just underneath in one 
of the fused layers.  Tonight I will use a bright light and an eyepiece 
to see if that does anything.  And another thing that came to me today.  
If it is underneath the mirror surface, it should be slightly out of 
focus (if I am focusing on the surface) when using the eyepiece.

Nothing hazy when using a bright light and tilting my head when I am at 
the center of ROC.

I will crop the next images.  Thanks for the tip.

Jason

Bob May wrote:

>Nice sphere there!  Now it is time to destroy the shape and do
>the parabola.
>I'll also note that it is niceer to crop the images so that there
>isn't so much surronding black field.
>Bob May
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