Sounds good thought abut it myself but i figure that the CCTV would need to be perfetly aligned for it to work. otherwise you could make matters worse. when my kit needs collinating i might try it.

Good seeing
Tony Floyde

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Subject: Re: [M]: Collimation
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 23:51:34 +0000

This is a great way to collimate your scope especially if you are by yourself. You can use most CCD imagers for this but the low cost of the QuickCam (and others) makes a low cost collimator.

AV

> Has anyone tried collimation with a video hookup. I have a small
> security
> camera attached to my telescope for planetary video. I noticed when
> I viewed
> a star I could bring it in and out of focus nicely on the screen. I
> also
> noticed that I wasn't collimated properly. I was thinking if I
> collimated
> with the camera I could be on the other end of the telescope and
> view my
> adjustments on the screen. I have not tried this but I was wondering
> if it
> was a bad idea.
>
> Bob Jr.
>
>

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