I think it's time to get 'under the hood' of my new scope, and star testing/collimation seems a good starting point. I'm reading up on some background provided by Nick and Alex (thanks!), and thought I might use this thread to ask any questions that come up (and there will be many, I'm sure).
My first step is to set up a basic imaging rig so I can post pictures of what is happening. I've pulled apart a webcam and will attach this adapter:
https://www.bintel.com.au/product/bi...ebcam-adapter/
Once I get things set up I'll post some images of star tests. This will also give me a good reference point before I start with collimation.
Here are some of the sites I've found so far:
http://www.bbastrodesigns.com/ratemirrors.html
This one is good, (I hope it's OK to link to another forum here - in this case the page is archived)
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/3...-testing-maks/
https://www.bbastrodesigns.com/JoyOf...arTesting.html
And as suggested by Nick:
https://www.telescope-optics.net/ind...LE_OF_CONTENTS
Cheers
Stephen