Hello All,
A sort of update on getting the Epsilon I have back into shape. I hope.
I confess to still being a struggler with my Epsilon. I want to translate the collimation pages of the Tak.Epsilon 180 manual, which is full of really useful looking illustrations on the collimation sequence for my 'scope. There is also a lot of useful looking Japanese verbiage to go with the illustrations. The thing is: how do I get the relevant wordage from the printed page into an online translator, such as 'Google Language Tools' or 'Babel Fish' ? Which, I would hope, might give me the gist of what's in there. Is there a way?
Secondly, not in the 180 manual, but in the category of 'useful things to know for owners of the E-180'. I found out from Fred at TNR that the offset for the collimating spot on the secondary of the E-180 2.8 ED is 7.5mm away from the primary. The minor axis of which is 80mm and the major 113mm. Fred had to mail Tak.HQ to procure that gem. I'm grateful. ( if you read 'Collimation Woes' from earlier you may recall that the sec.spot melted away when I drizzled a wash of alcohol over the mirror as a final rinse in cleaning the al. coat)
I put the spot back OK a couple of days ago but am still toiling getting my head around the collimation. The odd thing is-to me- that out of about six or so fairly dense pages specific to the E-180 collimation routine it's only at the bottom of the fifth page that attention is given to the primary.
Cheers,
Bruce
A sort of update on getting the Epsilon I have back into shape. I hope.
I confess to still being a struggler with my Epsilon. I want to translate the collimation pages of the Tak.Epsilon 180 manual, which is full of really useful looking illustrations on the collimation sequence for my 'scope. There is also a lot of useful looking Japanese verbiage to go with the illustrations. The thing is: how do I get the relevant wordage from the printed page into an online translator, such as 'Google Language Tools' or 'Babel Fish' ? Which, I would hope, might give me the gist of what's in there. Is there a way?
Secondly, not in the 180 manual, but in the category of 'useful things to know for owners of the E-180'. I found out from Fred at TNR that the offset for the collimating spot on the secondary of the E-180 2.8 ED is 7.5mm away from the primary. The minor axis of which is 80mm and the major 113mm. Fred had to mail Tak.HQ to procure that gem. I'm grateful. ( if you read 'Collimation Woes' from earlier you may recall that the sec.spot melted away when I drizzled a wash of alcohol over the mirror as a final rinse in cleaning the al. coat)
I put the spot back OK a couple of days ago but am still toiling getting my head around the collimation. The odd thing is-to me- that out of about six or so fairly dense pages specific to the E-180 collimation routine it's only at the bottom of the fifth page that attention is given to the primary.
Cheers,
Bruce
