Cheshire Collimating Eyepiece Reviews
Product Type: Skywatcher telescopes
Newest Review: ... doughnut (or central mark) of your primary mirror. But the best thing about the Skywatcher is its 45 degree tilted built in ... more
... mirror which- with the addition of a suitable red bulbed torch- will allow you to collimate out in the field even at night.
The simplicity of the Cheshire's design belies its indispensable nature, before you shell out for an expensive collimating laser be sure to get yourself one of these, many astronomers (myself included) find that the simpler and cheaper Cheshire will provide more accurate and reliable results, and the Skywatcher is a perfectly good example of its kind.
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Customer Cheshire Collimating Eyepiece Reviews (1)
by - written on 15/12/11 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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If you own a Reflecting telescope (and to a lesser extent a Schmidt Cassegrain) then chances are you will at some point have been forced to tackle that dreaded process that puts off many a newcomer to the hobby...Collimation!!! Simply put, collimation is the process whereby the small secondary and larger primary mirror are aligned in such a way as to deliver the maximum of light from the object being observed into the astronomers keenly waiting eyeball. It can be the cause of much distress as the whole process can be fairly fiddly and time consuming and unless you have the right tools it can be very hard to know if you're doing it ... Read the complete review
