Jaegers 6" f/10 "GJD" OTA Construction - OTA Assembly (Jaeger objective lens elements)

 

6" inch f/10 Jaegers Objective elements - wrapped - 20 (Click to see an enlarged image.)

 

The last time we saw the objective for the Jaegers 6" f/10 "Gelinda J. Dawson" refractor was right after the elements received an AR coating of MgF2, by Majestic Optical Coatings of Clark, NJ. Now, the time has arrived for us revisit the lens set to install the aluminum spacer tabs as we prepare it for mounting into the front lens cell. As you can see in the image above, the individual elements were carefully wrapped with lens paper and stored safely while I completed the rest of the work on the OTA. For the moment, I will only unwrap the flint element in order to install the aluminum spacer tabs.