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Old 11-05-2015, 10:02 PM
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artificial star collimation

has anybody used the hubble 5 star artificial stars to collimate an sct?
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Old 12-05-2015, 07:50 AM
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A friend of mine recently used one to collimate his RC, so I doubt you'd have any problems with a SCT.
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Old 19-05-2015, 08:20 PM
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Only thing to be mindful of is the distance from the scope which is impacted on the size of the artificial star's 'light hole' and the size of the scope.
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Take a look at the look link

http://www.hubbleoptics.com/files/Hubble5starFAQ.pdf
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