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Old 30-08-2007, 04:20 PM
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The "act" of collimation is the same...however, the tolerance for accuracy is a bit different.

I don't have the figures at my finger tips but the precision needed is greater for the faster scope. It is possible (and I have seen them) to determine how tight the tolerances are for the different scopes...

In either case, the more accurate your collimation the better the views!

There are many different tools/techniques available to help in this respect...ranging from a rather simple collimating eyepiece to a barlowed laser to a Cats Eye (or other) Autocollimator etc.

For a faster scope I believe that the more precise tools will give you more "benefit" than they might in a slower scope...however, as I mentioned earlier, the better your collimation, the better the view.

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