I know collimation has been done to death, and I've spent hours reading probably hundreds of threads, but I haven't managed to find a simple answer. Every discussion seems to end up with people going into infinite detail on the intricacies of individual pieces of equipment and explaining why every other bit of equipment is useless. I know there's always going to be a better solution but I just want something that's going to give reliable, repeatable, good collimation.
Anyway, my question is: if I buy a simple chesire collimator along with a (separate) laser collimator (I'm thinking a Hotech), will that cover all my collimation needs? I have a 12" Skywatcher collapsible dob. I looked at barlowed laser collimators but as far as I can tell, as long as I use the chesire to ensure the secondary mirror is set up correctly, the self centering mechanism in the Hotech negates the need for a barlow...
Happy with a yes or no answer. If you want to go into more detail, feel free. Thanks everyone
