[Lvas] First Light!

[Fred Rayworth]

Dave,

 

Ought to be a pretty cool scope. Alignment? Sounds like things are not square, mainly the diagonal. I don't know what type of diagonal setup you have but with mine, even with the hole aiming straight at the center ring of the primary on my old 16", when I put the diagonal on, it was way off. The threaded rod holding the diagonal was bent a little bit.

 

Just guessing here. Also could be the truss tubes aren't exactly square (the same length).

 

Fred


 
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:59:55 -0700
> To: lvas at lvlug.org
> From: Yahoo at awit.com
> Subject: [Lvas] First Light!
> 
> Well, First Light during my custody...
> 
> Having decided not to go out somewhere for observing tonight (which I 
> will probably regret), I brought the club's 24" scope out onto the 
> street in front of my house. I got a look at the moon, Saturn, Vega, 
> Albireo, Ring Nebula, Whirlpool Galaxy, and Polaris. I tried for M13 
> - have you ever tried to move a 24" truss dob pointed almost straight 
> up, from the top of a 6 foot ladder?
> 
> I can't seem to get the silly thing collimated. I've used a laser 
> several times, and tried by naked eye just for the hell of it. Stars 
> are elongated, but pretty much the same all around the eyepiece 
> field. If anyone has a suggestion, let me know.
> 
> -- David
> 
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