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Polar Scope and Motor Drives.

Cloudy again tonight, so put the motor drives on the scope. Got these as I hope to have a go at imaging at some point in the future, and they will be useful for observing in the meantime. All went well using the instructions, only confusion came when fitting the dec motor. This was caused by the fine adjust knob being where the drive should be. Luckily I got 4 rechargable D batteries (good ones 10,000 mAh , not the AAs pretending to be Ds) for my wifes radio which she hasn't used. Ideal for powe

Johnny4365

January 18, 2014

Collimating C8N (at last).

Tried out finder scope which is much easier to align now that its properly fitted. Had a go at collimating (at last) using AstroBabys guide. Think I've got it roughly right. Took me 2.5 hours to do it, lots of head scratching going on. Took me awhile to suss out how the primary mirror adjusting screws work. Should of checked to see how far it was out before I started, but I don't think it was ridiculously out, especially considering its not been done since the scope left the factory about 9 year

Johnny4365

January 18, 2014

C8N Service Begins

Hi fellow loungers. I've had my Celestron C8N for nearly 8 years. Had many a good night under the stars with it. I have never used it to anywhere near to its full potential, I have neglected it and not used it much the last few years. Started to service it today, beginning with the focuser which seemed a bit sticky. First thing I noticed was there is in fact a screw on the back of the focuser that locks the focuser in position when tightened. This was done up slightly and was making the focuser

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January 5, 2014

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