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Old 27-04-2020, 01:30 PM
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Market hype - easily convert from on to the other, takes 2 minutes. I wonder if any consumer affairs bodies investigate a very lucrative astronomy market
Like most things yes you can just swap it out in under a few minutes. That is true.

But will it be right
Possibly not.

Scopes are like golf clubs, you need the right one to achieve what ever floats your boat.
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Old 27-04-2020, 02:21 PM
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And then, what boat - lol - collimation dosn't scare me - it certainly used to. I find the Hubble articifical star and telescope circles a big help, but I hear that with the Hyperstar, collimation is just that bit trickier
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Old 27-04-2020, 02:34 PM
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First off I can make a couple of comments. Collimation is one of those topics that newcomers to our hobby get stressed out about.

Malcolm
I can certainly relate to that, it caused me no end of hassle when I began with a Dob. Eventually, it became easy enough, the secondary was always my bother. With an SCT, theoritically, you never need to collimate the primary.

The hubble artificial star really helped me big time, no drift, use it during the day. I find it far easier to collimate an SCT.

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