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Old 03-03-2010, 11:57 PM
toc (Tim)
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SCT collimation is pretty straightforward - there are a few good tutorials that will help.

I like good old Rod Mollise's guide http://skywatch.brainiac.com/collimation.pdf- this guy really knows his SCT's

Its really worth spending time getting it as right as you can - I was very surprised how much more detail you can eek out of mars, the moon, and Saturn when the scope is spot on

If you haven't already got them, I would recommend some 'bobs knobs' - these make life a lot easier. http://www.bobsknobs.com/

Thing I love about SCTs, is just how easy they are to collimate, and how long the collimation seems to hold.
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