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Old 25-02-2016, 11:10 PM
04Stefan07 (Stefan)
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SCT Questions

Just a few quick ones.

1) I have seen many different ways to clean the corrector plate on an SCT. Some use solution, some say not to, some say to use a microfibre cloth in a circle motion while others say to wipe outward.
How do you clean your plate?

2) Have read a lot about collimating one of these and it seems pretty straight forward however all guides don't mention the best time to collimate the OTA. Daytime or night time? I know you can buy artificial stars to collimate during the day but for the unfamiliar user looking through an SCT, how can you tell if the star or planet you are looking at requires collimation where poor seeing conditions can be the cause?

3) Got a ShortTube 80 that can be used as a guidescope, what would be the best way to attach it?

Cheers!

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