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Old 20-11-2007, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by cahullian View Post
Terran I have the 8" version of your scope and it viewing objects are in their thousands and yours should be too. The 12" is a bugger to collimate I have seen seasoned amateurs tinkering around for ages and still not be overly happy with the result.
I had both scopes. The 12" is not that different i.t.o. collimation. The main difference is that the springs sag more so you need to rely on the locking screws more. But even a fairly rough collimation is enough to give a reasonable view of things like M42, eta Carina.
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