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Subject: LX200 collimation
From: Rob Roy
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Tue Sep 03 05:57:49 1996

This is not for you collimation freaks out there. You must already know the
benefits of "perfect" collimation.

The other night I spent over an hour tweaking the collimation on my 8" f10
to get it as close to perfect as I could. I thought the images of Jupiter
were much better and I could see more detail. Bright star images were
rounder and the little tiny flairs around their edges were gone.
Unfortunately, when I put the supplied diagonal back in, the collimation was
off again. What I'll do is look straight through for any critical stuff and
use a diagonal otherwise. {:-^(

The point is: Maybe the experts who say collimation of an SCT is critical
are right after all (Imagine that!) All the extra fuss I made seemed to
make a difference. So if you haven't checked lately............. Anyway,
I'm sold!
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Rob Roy Maker of LX200/Magellan joysticks
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