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Old 15-11-2013, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Merlin66 View Post
Suiter, "Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes", p85 recommends x20 the focal length.
That is necessary when testing for optical quality to prevent the introduction of false spherical aberration. For collimation? No...all you need is the artificial star far enough away so that you can get it into focus--or almost into focus.

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