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Old 04-09-2012, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by saysme View Post
According to the specs the back focus distance is 70 mm, so an additional 10mm spacer might help?

The scope is collminated using a cats eye collinator and checked using a straight laser collminator, I see the point about focal plane. 2 possibilities really, secondary mirror not square, or the coma corrector itself.

Thanks for help happy to hear more, like can you get a 10-15mm t-piece spacer?

Whats the best way to Make sure the secondary is square?
If it is a GSO focuser, it could be that as you tighten the screws everything is shifting slighly as well (I had this problem).
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