RE: [APML] Laser vs. Star Collimation

["Serge Theberge" <serge.theberge@wti.on.ca>]

Thanks for your advice Gene, I will wait until my Vixen R200SS arrives to
see the state of its collimation before considering buying the laser
collimator.  Hopefully it will only need minor tweaking...

Regards,

Serge Theberge
Toronto Centre
RASC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org 
> [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org] On Behalf Of Gene Horr
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:32 AM
> To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
> Subject: RE: [APML] Laser vs. Star Collimation
> 
> 
> > I see... Have you or someone else on the APML list used the 
> LaserMax 
> > TLC-202N collimator to collimate Newtonians?
> 
> I've used it on Newtonians and various Cassegrain variants.  The 
> pattern helps a lot.  If you were dissabling optics regularly 
> then I would say get one - it will help a lot.  But you'll 
> still need to tweak with a point source.  
> 
> Gene Horr
> genehorr@houston.rr.com
> 
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