Aratus wrote:The only thing I have heard about high temperatures and telescopes is the danger of plastics, oils and lubricants 'gassing' out and coating the optics.
Aratus wrote:I think some folk have had problems at lower temperatures than that, with their optics being coated with a film. It is probably more of an acute problem with a sealed units like a Schmidt-Cassigrain, but unventilated it could cause a problem to a Newtonian.
I think we can safely say that running electronics at 50C is asking for trouble, but I don't think storing them at that temperature would be a problem. Frankly it isn't a condition I have ever met before. Perhaps there are temperature recommendations in the manual.
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