2021年7月21日 · Page 1 of 18 - New telescope collimator—Ocal Electronic Collimator - posted in Vendor and Group Announcements: I am honored to introduce our OCAL electronic collimator OCAL electronic collimator is an ideal and superior tool for carring out precise collimation of Newtonian reflector, Ritchey-Chrétien telescope and other reflecting telescope. software interface Special features 1、Each ...

2024年3月27日 · OCAL 3.0 MAX Collimator - posted in Equipment (No astrophotography): Hi, Ive been using the OCAL 3.0 collimator with my Edge HD 8 and it works well. Its probably one of the most practical ways to collimate indoors. I decided to try the OCAL 3.0 MAX as the OCAL website says the image has more clarity, its more accurate and the aperture of the camera is bigger. I bought the MAX and immediately ...

2023年11月2日 · Page 1 of 2 - Collimating with the OCAL 3.0 Electronic Collimator - posted in Cats & Casses: Hi all! The challenge I am having is that when I get the outer green circle perfectly centered using the center offset, then the innermost circle is not centered perfectly. What I need to know is which circle is most critical in terms of being centered using the vertical and horizontal offsets? Once I ...

2021年9月1日 · Page 1 of 7 - SCT collimation with the OCAL Collimation camera and software - posted in Cats & Casses: Starting this thread separate from the vendor thread on this new device. It worked successfully on my EdgeHD 11, but on my 8 EdgeHD Im finding the secondary appears to be misaligned. Here you can see the OCAL software showing the RED line not quite aligned with the reflection of the primary ...

2023年11月12日 · Page 1 of 2 - OCAL 3.0 with RC Telescopes - posted in Cats & Casses: Ive been imaging with two refractors for about 9 months and am deeply enjoying the experience and getting good images. I also have an Edge HD 8 that I have yet to get even one mediocre image from because of my frustration with collimation. I had high hopes for the OCAL 3.0 because it seemed like the optimal way of achieving ...

2021年8月3日 · OCAL electronic collimator - a few small issues - posted in Equipment (No astrophotography): I recently bought one of the OCAL electronic Collimators from Ocal and while the purchase and delivery was good, the rest of the process has not been so good. I have repeatedly tried to contact the vendor only now being ignored. the issue, software. in order for the collimator to properly function it ...

2024年2月12日 · Ocal Electronic Collimator SCT Opinion - posted in Cats & Casses: Good morning everyone, Reaching out to see if anyone has any experience regarding the Ocal Electronic Collimator 3.0 Pro (or earlier versions)? I tend to struggle with collimation and I live in an area with generally poor seeing on average in combination with a very small sky horizon in my yard. This gives me a small window of ...

2024年6月1日 · The Ocal collimator is an innovative tool, which facilitates the adjustment in a completely new way. Each Ocal collimator has an internal motor that moves the CMOS chip linearly. Via the software, the focus can thus be ideally adjusted to the individual areas of …

2023年5月23日 · OCAL collimator question - posted in Reflectors: Hello. I have a Vixen r200ss newt without a center spot on the primary and I was asking about collimating it in another thread. I know I could add a center spot but from what people are saying it’s very difficult because it needs to be precisely centered within a fraction of a millimeter.

2021年7月21日 · Page 8 of 18 - New telescope collimator—Ocal Electronic Collimator - posted in Vendor and Group Announcements: Hi again, after some tinkering, I think I have identified most of the rings. I did some minor collimation adjustments …