newbie question

i had a laser collimator for my old newtonian scope but ive now got a
Schmidt-Cassegrain can i still use the laser on the SCT or is it
different.

thanks

"Clive" <nospam@thankyou.co.uk> wrote in message
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>i had a laser collimator for my old newtonian scope but ive now got a
> Schmidt-Cassegrain can i still use the laser on the SCT or is it
> different.

There's no difference, so it'll work fine.

Good luck with
collimating - it's always worth the effort (though can be
fiddly on some SCTs, I hear, so might be worth a google
using your OTA model and 'collimate' as keywords.

HTH,
--
Rob

Clive <nospam@thankyou.co.uk> wrote in
news:24bh93l3i6du45hkl0ob06lkbivqgkbn2v@4ax.com:

> i had a laser collimator for my old newtonian scope but ive now got a
> Schmidt-Cassegrain can i still use the laser on the SCT or is it
> different.
>
> thanks
>

You might want to read this article about collimating SCT's by Thierry
Legault. Looks like you need to use a star to get optimum collimation.

http://legault.club.fr/collim.html

Klazmon.

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Clive	newbie question i had a laser collimator for my old newtonian scope but ive now got a Schmidt-Cassegrain can i still use the laser on the SCT or is it different. thanks

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Oldish Git	Re: newbie question "Clive" <nospam@thankyou.co.uk> wrote in message news:24bh93l3i6du45hkl0ob06lkbivqgkbn2v@4ax.com... >i had a laser collimator for my old newtonian scope but ive now got a > Schmidt-Cassegrain can i still use the laser on the SCT or is it > different. There's no difference, so it'll work fine. Good luck with collimating - it's always worth the effort (though can be fiddly on some SCTs, I hear, so might be worth a google using your OTA model and 'collimate' as keywords. HTH, -- Rob

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Llanzlan Klazmon the 15th	Re: newbie question Clive <nospam@thankyou.co.uk> wrote in news:24bh93l3i6du45hkl0ob06lkbivqgkbn2v@4ax.com: > i had a laser collimator for my old newtonian scope but ive now got a > Schmidt-Cassegrain can i still use the laser on the SCT or is it > different. > > thanks > You might want to read this article about collimating SCT's by Thierry Legault. Looks like you need to use a star to get optimum collimation. http://legault.club.fr/collim.html Klazmon.