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17 years 5 days ago #56916 by dave_lillis
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Hi,
I thought that this might be of interest to some here.
This guy has built a little motor system for collimating his scope, so he can collimate the primary mirror while looking through the eyepiece.
dou1.free.fr/astro/18_first/el_col_2/elec_col.html

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17 years 5 days ago #56917 by Seanie_Morris
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Smart move, I was wondering how long it would be before someone would do it. This one hasn't gone into 'production' of course.

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