Thread: Collimation
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Old 01-02-2014, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by OzStarGazer View Post
The manual for my scope has an image similar to the one below to test if it needs collimation (you test it on a star):
http://www.ellenrooneydesign.com/gsp...ar%20test2.jpg (the upper image means it is not collimated when it is out of focus; the other one means it is collimated if the circles are concentric when the star is out of focus).
Well I got to check for collimation last night, going by the image in the diagram it doesn't need doing though I will take Malcolm's advice & get in the habit of just doing it. Thank everyone for the help
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