Steve
The phenomenon I described is strongly visible in wide field eyepieces
and Minimized in High power Eyepieces.
This weekend I will go to a mountain for an observing night
and there I will study more careful my scope.
It will be a pleasure for me to have an observation together, I will look
forward for e-mail.
By the way I am an OTE employee in Data Communication department.

Clear Skies.

George Nikolidakis

sterve wrote:

>I've been watching your postings on your 12" LX200 with interest. I just
>bought the same tube (but just the OTA, not the LX200 mount). I also had
>to colliminate it and I had some difficulty but not as much as yours, I
>think.
>I did find that collimination was very "touchy", I had to make very
small
>adjustments. I also used a very short mm eyepiece (6mm) to get the best
>collimation. In the end, the stars are pretty sharp all across the field
>although at the edge, you still see a little flaring. I rarely use high
>magnification anyway, so I'm pretty happy.
>On a separate subject, I was in Greece doing a project for the OTE
>officers earlier this year. There is some chance that I may go back in
the
>future. There is no date set yet, but if I do come back to Athens, I'll
>send you an email and perhaps we can go use your scope together. It
would
>be fun to observe with you in Greece.
>Best regards and Clear Skies!
>Steve...

>Principal and Fellow
>Telecordia Technologies

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