In preparation for the eclipse (Wed., July 22, 2009), I cleaned my telescope just to make sure any imaging (solar or not) would not be spoiled by the fungus growth. I bought a gallon of distilled water for this delicate process.
Just as I thought I’ve triumphed over the fungus invasion with my optics (had to clean one of my camera lenses due to fungal growth), they’ve begun invading my telescope. Yeah! Strike the more delicate item! (#%$#^&*!@) I should’ve expected these things, with the kind of weather lately…. hot and humid, plus the dust collecting [...]