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Re: C.Plath on Ebay
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Jun 10, 03:20 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2005 Jun 10, 03:20 -0500
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Bill wrote: > > Once Bill suggested to adjust collimation error > > with a hammer... > > For the record, the suggestion was tongue-in-cheek. But speaking seriously, just HOW do you adjust collimation error? Fred told me (off the list) that one can try to grind the fork carefully. I understand that when the frame and scope are made on the same factory and sold together, the collimation error is supposed to be zero, and the fork is supposed to be rigid enough, so that the error never appears. But if you buy an additional or replacement scope from another source... the risk is probably substantial. Alex. P.S. Returning to the e-bay picture... you will probably have a nice view of the horizon with this sextant... unobscured by the mirrors and filters, so it can be used as a binocular:-) A careful look at the fork suggests that the telescope could be just an ordinary monocular (not a real sextant telescope) which someone tried to attach to the sextant but did it very crudely.