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Old 21-03-2007, 11:30 PM
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Collimation of Newtonion Telescopes

I have a 200mm Newtonion / Dobsonion telescope Telescope that was supplied with a LaserMate collimator that is easy to use, however I'm not entirely happy with the result that I'm achieving.
The beam emitted from the collimator is not pinpoint and is very bright which I believe is leading to less than perfect collimation.
I have heard that the Cheshire eyepiece is a more accurate way of collimating a telescope.
Comments / advice on this subject would be most welcome.

Ric.

Last edited by Space Dog; 22-03-2007 at 01:24 PM.
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