Robert Watson Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Looking for help ,Can a hotec collimator go out of colimation, we've not had clear nights in N I for a while so i thought, good chance to clean up the scope and other bits, i have a celestron collimation eyepiece so i tried it in the scope and the collimation was well out so i put a col cap in and set about colimation useing the cap as well as the col eyepiece and got it well lined up but when i put the Hotec in it was badly out so im thinking my Hotec is out of line, if so does anyone know where i could send it to to get it reset:icon_scratch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 unless its had a good bump or a drop,but they are liable for this .you tube it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheThing Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Check it out first. You can make a simple jig from plumbing bits or the V of an open, supported book. Focus on a wall a couple of metres away at least and slowly rotate.If the laser describes a circle, you're in need of collimating. You might be able to do it yourself by carefully drilling thru at least 3 holes and adding grub screwsSent from my GT-I9001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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