On 7/03/2016 8:27 PM,
ejgreding@... [C14_EdgeHD] wrote:
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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 roach is not dead! Removing it without first killing it might be
difficult (It runs behind the mirror as soon as it is disturbed).
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]" 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?
>
>
> Links:
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> [1]
>
