[acarleton (Aidan)]

talking with the Bintel guys, trying out all manner of fixes and driving myself insane, i am fairly certain that this is a collimation issue. i use a laser collimator and it seems to collimate fine, however. when i get mars into the center of the eyepiece (with powermate attached) i get a very similar issue to what i described in my original post, only it is not as obvious because the eyepiece is bigger than the sensor. i also notice that 2 dots come together as i focus but never perfectly align. with my limited knowledge i think these relate to collimation, can anyone confirm?

if so, how do i resolve this, is there a better, more accurate way of collimating than a laser? i did notice that as i turn my laser in the eyepiece holder that it does make a small circle around the collimation point in the mirror (and about the same size too) but i don't think this is a big enough issue to be causing what i am seeing ...