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Old 27-11-2015, 10:17 PM
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5ash (Philip)
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Originally Posted by casstony View Post
I get good results collimating near horizontal (pointed slightly up) indoors with an artificial star or outdoors early in the morning before sunshine starts making the air unstable. The amount of mirror slop in a particular scope probably affects the accuracy of collimation though approaching final focus with an anti-clockwise turn of the focuser should help.
I use this: http://www.hubbleoptics.com/artificial-stars.html
How far away are you from the Hubble optics device ? My reading suggests 20x the focal length of your telescope ( 47metres).
Regards philip
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