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Old 12-05-2016, 05:35 AM
AEAJR (Ed)
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The other thing you will have to do is to check the alignment. There are a variety of tools and techniques you can use. I would not try to do this until after you have learned other things and actually tried to look through the scope. If you can see a clear image then the collimation may be close enough.


but, this video may be helpful in understanding collimation. The scope he uses to demo is the one I own.


How to Collimate an Orion Reflector Telescope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAVGcGEBmCE


Here they really mess one up and then put it right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G98RTP6jbY

Collimation using a Cheshire Eyepiece
http://www.astronomyhints.com/collimation.html

Again, I would not worry about this until you have done the other thing. If you can get a reasonable image focused during the day then your collimation might be close enough for now. don't mess with it until you have done the other things.
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