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Old 29-10-2009, 10:51 PM
mr.sneezy (Martin)
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Adelaide
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Originally Posted by bmitchell82 View Post
in relation to your question, yes you should be able to see the bands easily with the scope you have. the next question i have to ask you have you collimnated the scope? being a newtonian or reflector will kill your contrast faster than a train hitting a rabbit!
Yes, I've learned how to collimate it. Built a combination tube for doing that.
This scope has a correction lens in the focuser and I wonder now if I should remove it to collimate it, even though it looks OK doing a star diffraction test.
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