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Collimation/Airy Disc

Started by david101, 05/23/2003 05:01PM
Posted 05/23/2003 05:01PM Opening Post
Last night was the first time I saw the Airy disc and concentric circles as viewed through a 9mm Nagler in a 13.1 inch newton. I had tried before but I guess the seeing was poor. I was kind of thrilling, see those tight concentric circles for the first time. But the scope was way out of collimation as the center was skewed to the left. I have lost the link to a website that shows photos of airy disc, in and out of focus / collimation. Does someone know of a good site. Thanks in advance.

David Roberts

David Roberts
Posted 05/23/2003 06:58PM #1
Here's a website you were probably thinking off. It's at the bottom of the page.

http://www.willbell.com/tm/tm5.htm

Regards,
James
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