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Old 14-11-2019, 10:52 AM
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An easy test you can do is to use a Ronchi grating (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronchi_ruling) and observe either an artificial star or a real star reasonable high up.
Any distortions in the observed lines could indicate a problem - either in collimation or the mirror.
http://www.ronchiscreens.com/screens.php
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