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Old 26-12-2005, 09:37 AM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Bruce,

Sorry I forget to mention something else.

Rajah, correctly refers to the offset of the secondary mirror. He has a guess and estimates it to be 4 to 5mm for your scope which was a pretty good guess. In the case of the 10"/F5 GS dobs its actually 3mm. Here is a post I made on the talking telescopes Yahoo Group 4 days ago. This explains a bit about secondary offset and how to calculate it accurately for your telescope.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/telescopes/message/119450

However, I will conclude by saying that its not necessary with a 10"/F5 dob for visual use, however you can offset the secondary if you wish. At this stage of your collimation learning curve its only likely to confuse you so I wouldnt worry about it.

CS-John B
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