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Dobsonian Restoration

2023-07-26

Mirror Collimation

Now that the dobsonian telescope I was gifted has been restored I should take the time to properly collimate the primary and secondary mirrors. Collimation is the process of aligning the primary and secondary mirrors in order to bring the light of the telescope into the best possible focus. Luckily,...

2023-03-31

Mirror & Tube Restoration

Recently a coworker decided to gift me an old dobsonian telescope that they had hanging around in their basement. They bought it for a friend, but it was never really used and was now only taking up space for them.