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Originally Posted by Kevnool
Laser colimators are a necessity for the astronomer.But the colimator must be colimated or centred just check the position of the beam in a v block or a lathe then turn it on point it at the wall and rotate it . this way will tell if the beam is centred.
I hope i,m not giving you a headache.
But just for tonight set it up look through it, if it looks fuzzy its out , if its a good through the eyepiece your close.
With all my scopes I give myself plenty of daylight to collimate it takes me up to 10-15 minutes.
Still let me know how you get on.
Cheers Kev.
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Hehe well I wish I had a v block or lathe but I don't! It's a GSO-manufactured collimator sold by York... is there another way to tell if it's collimated?
Also, any tips for not burning my retina with the darned thing? This is the only thing that freaks me out!
Anyways, I'll give it a go tonight. I got the demo model (there were no other 10" truss dobs in stock) so he checked it when he showed me how to collimate it with the new laser, and it was reasonably well collimated at the store (he said so; I couldn't yet tell!)
Cheers Kev,
DSB