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Work in Texas including complete mount disassembly to the bearing level to repack all components. The OTAs had their glass cleaned!
Both observatory scopes on their portable mounts undergo testing at our Rockwall validation and verificaion (V&V) facility. 
First V&V test OK against 39CnC in the  vast Beehive Cluster Imaged by AT-66 on LX299 autoguided by DSI, captured 2x300s ea. R/G/B in QSI 583 WSG
Once the mount was disassembled and reassembled the optical tubes needed some TLC.  Really cannot complain as the LX200 has not been serviced in over three years. You can see the correcter plate and mirror are slightly dirty in the images.  Also you can tell that the promary is spotless as is the OTA.  The final corrector and secondary are alsow spotless,  Juse ensure you set up correctly.
My Workmate makes a wonderful Losmandy dovetail plate receiver to do work.  Make sure the air is still and no mussing around...or be ready with a vacuum cleaner hose.  Above is the "Pre-cleaning" LX200 10" OTA.
Above: inside the pristine OTA.  Many times  area is neglected. Not now
Below, one begins to feel like a photon making the tour through the clean glass of this now spotless OTA
Cleaning and maintaining one's equipment is only fun if it works better after the effort....I'm very pleased with this effort.
The Meade 10" SCT at its native f/6.3 and a 2x Barlow reveals an extremently round, symmetrical star (Betelgeuse) well collimated
The Beat Goes On!
The POD is entering her third year as my observatory and is about to be formally named thanks to some gracious members of the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas.   Images below were taken on 17 June 2010.
This Black Widow was removed from outside the POD on 5 NOV, 2010 after spraying for them the week prior.  Removed 3 dead ones this day. These were first seen in early September at the POD.
Image by Terry Belia on 21 Oct shortly after first installation of the AstroTech AT-130 atop SkyWatcher Pro EQ6  moun with the QSI 583 camera