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Old 30-08-2012, 10:24 PM
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Orion Optics AG-10 arrived

After a 7 month wait since ordering my AG-10 f3.8 it arrived Friday last week.

The pictures speak for themself. Its a work of art. The machining and engineering are gorgeous. Anyway enough adjectives.

Being my first ever newtonian I was very nervous about how hard this would be to collimate. After lots of reading and taking my time over a few nights I got my head around it pretty quickly.

The catseye tools (Telecat XLS and Infinity XLK) combined with the new Radiation Hotspot made the job very simple and quick. There is a great video here showing how easy it is.

I had some trouble at first as I did not have the Infinity XLK elevated to the image plane. Once this was sorted it was a breeze.

Now that thats sorted I need to install the Mount Hub Pro to run dew heaters, fans etc...

Will then install and see if the weather ever clears in Melbourne.

Will keep you posted.
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