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Why does collimation scare people?
Time and time again there are comments made in this forrum such as:
"Collimation, the word gives me the goosebumps"
"I've had my scope for a year but haven't been game to try collimation"
"I guess I should collimate my scope, but its too scary"
These are probably all from guys who wouldn't think twice about changing a wheel on their car, or putting together some flat pack furniture, both IMO more difficult than collimation. What's more you can't damage anything by wrong collimation, unlike changing a car wheel where you could have the jack collapse and the car crush some part of you. No matter how much you stuff up collimation, the process is always reversible.
When I was wandering around at the South Pacific Star Party looking through other people's scopes, I reckon more than 70% were so badly collimated it was obvious at a glance.
So what's the problem? Why does such an essentially simple procedure scare people?
Geoff
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