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Old 11-03-2008, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Aces High View Post
Thanks everyone.. When I seen Mars as a very tiny redish disk I was worried my new scope was faulty. I seen Saturn tonight it was nice to see, only one thing was strange.. when I used my 6mm eye piece I often seen double? Two Saturns just over lapping each other. The image was in focus and sharp. What was off, scope need adjusting? .. my eyes ? Astigmatism?
If my scope is a bit out of collimation I have noticed that I tend to get double images of the brighter planets quite often. I would be checking the collimation again.

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