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Originally Posted by Jsmitt94
I have everything except for the laser collimator. would something like this be good? https://www.bintel.com.au/product/or...-collimator-2/
As for the steps i have a few questions:
1) Align laser to center dot using the tilt ring - is this the centre dot on the mirror or the laser collimator you're talking about?
2) Align laser so the beam comes back on itself on the secondary.
3) Use Tak so all the circles in concentric. You need a bright touch to see them when using the Tak - should this step (if the others are fine) only require adjustment to the primary?
4) Repeat steps until primary is aligned.
thanks for the info  |
I have a Howie laser, so I don’t know how accurate the Orion laser is.
Yes it’s the center dot is on the mirror, you can see just by looking down on the primary. So when looking down the tube, you see both the reflection of the secondary and the center dot. There are a few YouTube videos you can watch which can explain more.
You only change the primary when needed, once it’s aligned you don’t really need to touch it again. You just need to adjust the tilt ring and secondary mirror only.