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Old 30-09-2015, 09:53 PM
Howie Glatter
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Paul said: "I have a Howie Glatter laser for an RC and even that gives very inaccurate results."

Hi Paul. I have a few questions about this. Do you mean inaccurate results or imprecise results. If inaccurate, is that because the collimator is inaccurate, or some other reason, or both.

The laser collimation procedure for Cassegrains, which theoretically should have all the optical elements centered and made square with a single line, is pretty simple, and relies only on the law of reflection.
I understand that mechanical difficulties of a particular telescope design may make the collimation problematical, but that is hardly due to the reference tools used.
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