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Old 08-07-2010, 12:34 PM
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wasyoungonce (Brendan)
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Just a quick question.

After looking at the inside/outside diffraction patterns...they are compressed top right.

I also noticed a pic I took of NGC6744 showed coma in dim stars, same direction as compressed diffraction pattern.

So I need to collimate. I know I can use an artificial star (if I could get the distance between myself and the artificial star) but what about a Cheshire eyepiece or laser collimator or such like.

What's best, cheapest & easiest? I imagine a Cheshire?
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