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Old 25-10-2008, 08:02 PM
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Unhappy silly me

Hi all yesterday I decided it was time to adjust the secondary on my Meade 8" LightBridge because every time I adjusted the primary it was not quite right. Silly me.

Could anyone suggest a site that will walk me through the collimation process without using any tools other than a collimation cap?

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Old 25-10-2008, 08:18 PM
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For me Brian I use a laser colimator to colimate the secondry mirror.
Without that i,m lost...sorry i cant help you...cheers Kev.
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Old 25-10-2008, 10:36 PM
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For me Brian I use a laser colimator to colimate the secondry mirror.
Without that i,m lost...sorry i cant help you...cheers Kev.
not a problem posted to equipment discussion as well and got a heads up about 'Andy's Shot Glass' which has a great how to video.
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Old 26-10-2008, 08:28 AM
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Andys shot glass is very very basic.
But get hold of a return beam laser colimator as quick as you can to get your scope back to peak performance.
Cheers Kev.
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