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Laser Collimator

Started by rusty9, 03/04/2009 03:50AM
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Could a Laser Collimator be used on a SCT for Collimation? I have a Laser Mate
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George Maddox said:

Could a Laser Collimator be used on a SCT for Collimation? I have a Laser Mate
GEORGE M.

No. A laser is a recipe for MIS collimation on an SCT. Just use Polaris. It is effective and FREE. You might want to look at this if you've never done an SCT collimation before.

http://skywatch.brainiac.com/SCThp/collimation.pdf

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