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Ryan
Alex gives excellent advice and in my opinion is the “Guru of Newts”
I have exclusively observed and imaged with newts 6” , 8” , 10” and 12” over the past 4 years
My imaging newts are removed from their mounts and packed away in my garage every 2 weeks or so. I rarely have to tweak alignment as they hold Collimation really well , I use both GSO and Skywatcher newts so budget low end scopes
I fitted new primary mirror springs ( Better Spring - plug ) to my 6” f6 newt and it mage Collimation so much easier , the original GSO springs were poor quality and compressed to easily
I use an Orion Collimating eye piece ( Cheshire ) to align the secondary first and and Primary second and an Orion Lasermate Deluxe Mk11 Collimator for a final tweak
Good luck and enjoy this amazing hobby
Martin
Newt Man through and through
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