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Hello! I purchased a 130 mm reflecting telescope a few months ago. I recently have had to try to collimate it due to the mirrors being out of alignment, but I'm not sure I'm getting it 100% correct. I follow the directions in the instruction manual, but it seems that even when I think it's perfect it still seems to be off when I look at something through it.
I tried a laser collimating tool i purchased, but it is effectively useless. The instructions don't seem to match what I see on my scope and the dot is pretty much always in the center of the collimating tool. (WTF is a donut in reference to a telescope?)
Does anyone have some suggestions? I'm not 100% sure if the distortions I'm seeing through my scope are due to the alignment being off or because of atmospheric effects. Thanks.
I tried a laser collimating tool i purchased, but it is effectively useless. The instructions don't seem to match what I see on my scope and the dot is pretty much always in the center of the collimating tool. (WTF is a donut in reference to a telescope?)
Does anyone have some suggestions? I'm not 100% sure if the distortions I'm seeing through my scope are due to the alignment being off or because of atmospheric effects. Thanks.