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Well, I'm not doing much right at the moment. Some time ago I finished a 6" f/4 (as yet uncoated) that I plan to use for a guidescope (prime focus - no secondary) for the Boltwood 16". And I have a

I saw a Youtube video of the Moonward folks coating a mirror. Very cool. What kind of mirrors are you making, Rick?

Again, Moonward may not be in operation any more. I notice their website is copyright 2003. Normand Fullum does have a good reputation and he does lots of other very cool things.. OK,

I did not know about Moonward Coatings. I recently had a small mirror recoated by Normand Fullum. It seems like he did a good job and he has a good reputation from what I could gather. I have a few

I grind occasional mirrors and I know at least one other grinder who might be interested. But we'd want to see some good results before sacrificing a mirror! ;) Not many people grind their own any

That might cut down transmission significantly...

Richard, if you have no mirrors, does that mean you have lenses (i.e. refractor)? I could aluminize a lens....

I don’t have any mirrors at all. Might there be a new customer promotion: “Free mirror with every recoating”?

Being able to drive to a coater always beats having to ship a mirror. But i, for i one, happen to not need any mirrors coated at the moment.

Hi Everyone, I've been toying with the idea of coating my own telescope mirrors. By coating, I mean vacuum physical vapor deposition with aluminum and some kind of SiOx overcoat. I might be able to

Hi Team: Belleville and Kingston Centres are holding their annual star party in a couple of weeks. Fall'n'Stars is a small friendly star party held at a really nice campground in Prince Edward

Thanks for the comments Albert and Adam! ?Photos coming soon... I have over 281 meteors captured by one camera of during the Aug 14th outburst! Cheers! Pierre

Hi Folks, At 5 PM (about 1.5 hours ago) here in Saskatchewan the sun turned orange from the smoke. The entire sky looked hazy but I couldn't tell if there were clouds or not. The sun was about 40

Wow!! You really lucked in!!

Pierre, Thank you for sharing! That’s an exciting discovery, it must have been a lot of fun to witness. It makes me feel inspired. -Adam

Hello all! I was fortunate enough to view a major, un-predicted outburst of Perseids (ZHR of 210 +/- 20) on the morning of August 14th from a dark sky site west of Ottawa. It was a spectacular, very

We are at Otter Lake, QC this week. Last night I had the 2 youngest and my wife on the dock to watch the "falling stars". The 6 six old I think pretended to see some meteors but I didn't believe

“Saskatchewan….the Province that Fun Forgot”. I think it’s on their license plate….. ?

Hi Folks Last night I was driving across Saskatchewan in the middle of nowhere. No clouds and no smoke. About a million stars and a bright Milky Way. Bright meteors occasionally flashed across the

Most were bright. Several left trains that left plasma trails for several seconds. Decided i was wet enough with dew after seeing 20 meteors. -ad