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Originally Posted by Deeno
Excellent!
That gives me a couple of weeks to put it back together and work out how to collimate it
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Deeno,
Can you get there a couple of hours before dark, say about 6:30pm? If so, I would be happy to bring some tools and show you how to collimate and set the scope up from scratch. Including, centering the spider in the tube, aligning the focuser, positioning the secondary and adjusting it's rotation in relation to the focuser and then adjusting the tilt of both the primary and the secondary mirrors. Then when it's dark, I can explain to you how to check your collimation properly on a defocused star.
If anyone else is interested and wants to turn up at 6:30pm, I would be happy to run a small group informal workshop on collimating a newtonian. Any takers ?
I will also be bringing the 18" Obsession with me to soak up some eye candy later in the night.
CS-John B