Telescope Secondary Mirror Install
Channel: Zachrey Helmberger
Date: 13/02/2017

We have a classic Meade 628 6", f8 newtonian reflector (circa 1979) and back in 1993 or so, I broke the spider on it while trying to collimate it.

Then I brought the spider and mirror with me to my first major job on the west coast and then forgot it in a cupboard in some apartment complex after I moved out!

Finally in Jan. 2017, I purchased a new spider and a new mirror from Astro Systems in Colorado and brought it up to my brothers place in Minnesota.

This is a video of me installing the 1/20 wave, 1.3" minor axis secondary mirror from Astro Systems (mirror made by Antares Optics). I was a bit nervous handling this $75 little piece of glass!

But once we got it into the scope, and cooled it down, we were rewarded with incredibly sharp views of the Trapezium and were blown away by the Trapezium with the 9mm Kelner eyepiece that came with the scope so many years ago!

What a treat!