Jamie Dillon was all like:
> It's my considered opinion that status plays a role in
> the reputations of the top mirror makers, like Swayze,
> Pegasus, Nova, Zambuto. Unquestionable that these
> folks make top of the line mirrors.
True. I don't know about Nova, but Swayze, Zambuto and Hall (Pegasus)
achieved their status by making consistently fine mirrors, and
guaranteeing them. So, their reputation is not hollow.
The cult following these guys have is due to their good mirrors, and
also due to the fact that they have a cult following. Although the
cultists sometimes make extravagant or nonsensical claims, this is no
reflection on the mirrors or their makers.
> Here Discovery also makes really fine optics, right in
> Oceanside, with little fanfare.
I'm glad to hear that. I have a 10" Orion dob that was made in 1995. I
don't know who made mirror, but the company that made the rest of the
OTA later became Discovery. The mirror is a dog, and is not capable of
greater than about 17x per inch before the image starts just getting
fuzzier without revealing more detail.
Compare that with a fine mirror, which should deliver at least 50x per inch.