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Old 13-02-2013, 11:49 PM
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Matt
Glad you enjoyed yourself. have you had any luck with improving the collimation on the 16" yet? Just a thought but Bintel sell a combo sight tube and cheshire (see http://www.bintel.com.au/Accessories...oductview.aspx )
and here is a good guide to collimation that I found helpful
http://www.astro-baby.com/collimatio...on%20guide.htm
There is also an article in AS&T this month. My philosophy with collimation is that is is possible to spend too much time on it tweaking a getting it just so. With a visual scope it is pretty hard to tell the difference between a nearly perfect job and an actually perfect job!
Having said that, your scope is fairly fast at f4.5, so it will always benefit from being well collimated.

Malcolm

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Originally Posted by matt_rego79 View Post
I just wanted to stop by and say a big thank you to Ken, Cam, Daniel and Malcolm. I had a fantastic evening and am really looking forward to the next club night.

Cheers

Matt
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