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Originally Posted by MattT
Hi John,
Hope I didn't give you a bum steer with the laser  Malcom I thought the laser was the be all and end all of collimation....obviously not , will give astro babys method a go and see what happens, thanks for the link. John as Erick says when you get the scope back to where the views are good I suppose it doesn't matter about how far out or not you are according to lasers or any thing else. For me I guess I'm not that fussy about whats at the eyepiece, as my favourite scope is the 6" refractor, with all the CA that goes along with it! Coma in the Newt doesn't bother me either so maybe close enough is good enough for me.
A frustrating hobby at times but nothing worth doing is ever easy.
Matt  |
No way all good Matt, most of the YouTube vids I watched before you linked me to the Orion one only provided collimation by laser. I'm not looking for supernovas with this thing, if i get reasonable views of the planets and the odd DSO here and there I'm happy. I'm only observing at this stage. I need to get my eye in and learn how to work this eq mount properly before I start doing anything costly and time consuminng with this hobby. On the other hand I like to do the best job I can within the means of my control
