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"Melweaver" <> wrote
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>> "George Normandin...
>> BTW, one of the interesting things coming out with this is that Star
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>> Instruments has moved from Arizona to Georgia and there is no
> indication on their new website that the original owner has anything
> to do with the (new?) company any longer.
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> Paul Jones still owns Star Instruments and has been making outstanding
> RC optics for 30 years. S&T publishes many photos of OGS and RCOS
> telescopes using Star RC optics. He moved from Arizona to Georgia to
> be closer to family. I just talked to him about their new RC
> Astrograph Series optics. OGS and RC Optical Systems are working on
> tube assemblies.
>
Mel,
Thanks! That's great to hear about Jones! He once turned around a
re-figure in 5 days (including interferogram) on my 10-in RC after a
re-coater ruined the figure by trying to rub an old coating off. The mirror
set came back even better than it was before!
George N
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