WEIRD SCT HELP WHAT IS THIS

i did carl i tried both man after buying this for my little brother
i got this second hand 900 euro :smashpc:

I'll ask a silly question, Is the collimating picture what you saw with you eyes or did you use a camera to collimate?

If you look in from the visual back to the secondary are there any obstructions?

Michael.

michael_murphy wrote: I'll ask a silly question, Is the collimating picture what you saw with you eyes or did you use a camera to collimate?

If you look in from the visual back to the secondary are there any obstructions?

Michael.

nothing mike it looks perfect and normal just when you out focus it
looks like this its crazy

If you're based in Dublin and can get to Gonzaga college on the 17th the IAS and SDAS 'experts' can have a look.

Michael.

GLIESE 581G wrote: i did carl i tried both man after buying this for my little brother
i got this second hand 900 euro :smashpc:

I bet you 20Euro if you change the star diagonal and focus on something quite distinctive like Saturn the scope will be fine. Why did you remove the secondary mirror?. Your collimation will be way out now; I've seen this problem before and it's a very simple fix

carlobeirnes wrote: Why did you remove the secondary mirror?. Your collimation will be way out now; I've seen this problem before and it's a very simple fix

yea, removing the secondary is not the way to go, I hope for your scopes sake that you put it and the corrector plate back in place in the exact same rotational orientation as you took it out.