Astroscan Repair Guide (Part 1 of 3): Align Those Old Telescope Optics!

They say Astroscans can't be aligned or collimated. In this video, I show you how to collimate the secondary mirror. This is the first in a series of videos about the wonderful Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 History
01:10 My Cheap Version
01:40 Tape Roll For A Base
01:50 Bad Collimation/Options
03:07 Baseline Bad Collimation
03:34 Remove Glass Plate
04:00 Ring Discussion
06:35 Locking Notch Discussion
06:58 Remove Glass Plate (for real)
07:55 Primary Mirror Shake Test
09:09 Side-To-Side Collimation
10:39 Forward/Back Tilt Collimation
12:00 Final Collimation Check
12:42 Use Caution
13:07 Moon Test
13:30 Summary


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This video discusses some of the history of the Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope made from 1976 through 2013. Norm Sperling was one of the designers. #astrophotography #teleskop