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LX200 Collimination

Started by MJC, 04/03/2005 04:39AM
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Michael Canavatchel
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Hello everyone, I have an older Meade 10" LX200, During collimination, on one side of focus I have a pinched area that looks like the letter "N". I've also attached an image of this. Can anyone give me an idea what is wrong here??

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Posted 04/03/2005 02:33PM | Edited 04/03/2005 02:33PM #1
Ivan Gastaldo
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Michael, was your scope temperature adjusted?
I would think this is due to "heat plumes" more than pinched optics, but I could be wrong...

Do you see that pattern all the time? even after your scope has cooled down for an hour of so?
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