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Originally Posted by Screwdriverone
Ok, it doesnt seem to be me after all.
Taking out the secondary corrector lens didnt help. It is critical to make the 500mm tube focus the primary mirror's 1000mm FL towards the secondary mirror placement. Without it, its USELESS. Oh well.
So, I took the scope back to the place of purchase after calling them and asking if I could bring it in (after explaining all of the problems I have been having).
After trying and trying with a laser collimator (yes it WAS collimated) it seems that even once it was lined up with respect to the laser rebounding in the right place, a quick visual look through the focuser revealed optics WAY out of whack. If they cant fix it, there is something definitely wrong here.
The good news is: the scope is now back at the distributor for inspection of the lens / secondary mirror as there has always been some issues with the chromatic abberation and the focus as well as this doosy of an issue with trying to collimate it, so they are looking into where the problem may be and if luck is on my side, perhaps replaced under warranty.
Fingers crossed that they identify a fault somewhere in the optics that I cannot detect and it turns out that I am not going nuts after all.......here's hoping 
I will let you know the outcome.
Chris |
If, even after laser collimation the view through the eyepiece was still out of whack, I'd say you have a badly ground primary mirror. It's not the right shape for the focal length of the scope.