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Originally Posted by Star Hunter
Jokes aside, my first 4" reflector was a scope that pulled out with four struts from the main steel tube that locked into place. Same principle as the SW Flexidobs. While its collimation was always up the spout, once fixed the images were superlative.
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I still have my first K-mart Focal 114mm 900mm fl reflector. It took me 10 years to finally collimate it after reading an article in Astronomy magazine, and making up a tool with a camera film tube. Fantastic images ever since. I watched the great Comet Crash on Jupiter in it because it gave better images than my C8 - which was Halley's Comet vintage, and pretty hopeless on planets till Roger Davis fixed it.
Regards,
Renato