Don't use any chemicals. Instead, check the instruction manual for info
on how to remove the corrector plate. Remove the roach, then replace the
plate with all possible care. Just my advice. In the future, always keep
the focuser covered, since the roach surely had no other way to get in.
Roaches are wonderful and amazing creatures, but we don't want them in our
telescopes!
Ed Greding
On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 11:47:51 +1300, "Kerry Koppert kkoppert@...
[C14_EdgeHD]" <C14_EdgeHD@...> wrote:
I recentely attached an old Crayford focuser to my C-8, Last night when
setting up I noticed a cockroach crawling over the inside of the
corrector plate. Anyone have any ideas on how to extract, kill, remove
the cockroach I have some gel-bait based on boric acid but Im not sure
its a good idea to use the near coated optics. Should I I remove the
corrector and clean the corrector and mirror as a precaution?
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