Tonight I had a go at star testing my XT10i telescope to check the collimation and optics.
There was a full moon tonight, transparency was not particularly good and only the brighter stars were properly visible, so there wasn’t much point in trying to see much else, and instead I figured better use of my time [...] Read more »
I’ve just finished a new article on the main web site in the Collimation section describing How to collimate the Primary Mirror using the Barlowed Laser Technique. Of course this requires a Barlow Lens and a Laser Collimator for this method to be used, but the page also provides links to some excellent resources detailing [...] Read more »
Yesterday evening I got home from work and took the dog out for his walk. It was a lovely clear night and the stars were nice and bright, so I was feeling quite excited about the prospect of some decent star gazing (wifey is away tonight). Got back home and immediately took my XT10i telescope [...] Read more »
Red Dot Finder Scope from ScopeTeknix
The latest mod I have added to my Skyquest XT Mods section is for my Orion XT10i and details the simple addition of a new dovetail mount so that I can have both my standard 9×50 Finder Scope, and my new Multi-Reticule LED Red Dot Finder Scope mounted to my [...] Read more »
