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New RC 8 Carbon -- Kitchen Table Collimation -- OK or Tweak more?


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I have been working on using the Kitchen Table Collimation of my new carbon RC 8.  Here is my setup:  Collimation Setup

This is the initial collimation image:  Initial Collimation Image

This is the most recent collimation image:Latest collimation image

Is this good enough to take out and finalise in the dark or should I tweak it more before I take it outside?

 

Thanks,

Richard

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It does look good, maybe a bit off, but I remove the baffle tube on mine to align the spider vanes so they are aligned and that the secondary is dead centre.  Then a lock in the primary mirror.

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I've recently picked up a used RC6. It will be some time before i get to use it, but when the time comes, the method i will be using to collimate is Dave's method below (2nd last post in the thread):

 

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