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Old 18-04-2013, 01:39 AM
04Stefan07 (Stefan)
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Exclamation Collimation question

My laser collimator arrived today and I was watching a tutorial on how to properly collimate the telescope. The red dot was just outside the circle on the primary mirror so I adjusted it to be in the dot then aligned the primary mirror according to the red dot in the collimator.

I found a picture online to explain the problem I am now having (pic below).

http://i25.tinypic.com/2ep340g.png

The black section on that diagram, that is exactly what mine looks like when I look into the focuser. It looked like this before collimation and after I collimated it.

Is my scope properly collimated or is there something wrong with it?

Thanks!
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