Astromania Alignment 1.25" Next Generation Laser Collimator for Newtonian Telescopes
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Product Specifications
- Designed for Reflector telescope,fit for standard 1.25 inch diameter.
- Wavelength 635-655 nm;Output power: less than 5mw, much safer for your eyes.
- Red laser collimation beam with 7 brightness levels.
- CR2032 Lithium Cell battery (Not include) ; Accurate collimation in a few minutes provide a more clearer image.
Built with metal material.
Product Description
With this Laser collimator get the best image from your telescope you need to align your telescope regularly and this high quality laser collimator is an essential for this purpose. 1MW or 5MW red laser Seven adjustable brightness levels 1.25” in size. To use for all reflective telescopes 45- degree reticle plate made of aluminum for easier visual accuracy. The battery is not include.
Product Reviews
Device seems good, shipment packaging ridiculously bad.
Device works as expected. Laser collimators need to be colimated themselves, and this one was spot on when it arrived. Would give 5 stars for the device, but only 3 stars because of the packaging. It is about the size of a short 2x barlow lens, and is in a manufacturers box about the right size for that. However, that box is inside a box that could have fitted about 30 or so of them, with exactly ZERO padding or fillers, so the smaller device box was tossed around inside the shipping box for the entire trip to my address. In it’s travels the manufactures box came open and the collimator was just rolling around free inside the shipping box. Which, as far as the device itself is concerned, does speak well of it’s quality. With all that free bouncing around, it was perfectly collimated when it arrived. But the idea of it being shipped in such a state is utterly foreign to me.
the multiple brightness settings are a nice feature. Didn’t come with a battery (cr2032) but …
Purchased this for easier collimation of a 12” Skywatcher Dob. Performs exactly as I expected. It feels solid, was properly aligned to itself as far as I can tell, the multiple brightness settings are a nice feature. Didn’t come with a battery (cr2032) but these are cheap (check your local hardware store next to the checkout counters for good prices). Not sure why you’d pay more for a collimator, works great and saves a lot of hassle for a low price.Astromania Alignment 1.25” Next Generation Laser Collimator for Newtonian Telescopes
I like the looks of it and the ability to change …
I like the looks of it and the ability to change the intensity with a built-in switch. The only thing I disliked is that it fit the eyepiece holder a little loose, so that when I tightened the holding screw, you could see the laser beam position on the screen move a little to the side. I will just wrap a little tape around the outside to make it a tighter fit.
Perfect! Just get the CR2032 battery
It fits in your 1.25 eyepiece slot, and it does exactly what you need it to do. You can make the laser as dim or as bright as needed. It took seconds to collimate my scope compared to the 15 minutes with the lense that comes with the Orion XT8. It doesn’t come with the battery - just an FYI -
Easy to Use with Precise Results
Fantastic, easy to use product with precise results. You have to ensure that the primary mirror of your reflecting telescope has the “donut” marker indicating the exact center in order to collimate the secondary mirror appropriately; once that’s done working with the primary mirror is a snap.
Good alignment (collimation) aid for reflector telescope
Works well once you buy and install a battery. One star off for no battery included and no instructions about how to install battery. Variable brightness setting is a good feature. Doubles as a cat toy laser pointer
No battery!
Mine came with no battery, and there are no markings for the battery on the item or in the very simplistic instructions. I have no idea what is the proper size, so I rigged it to some 1.5V in series. It was crude, but got it to work.
necessary tool at a decent price
I like this laser collimator. Ready to use right out of the box with no adjustments necessary. I will be using this for many years on each of my reflector telescopes. Much better design than my original that was ten years old.
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So far seems to be good quality alignment tool at a reasonable price. I’m a satisfied customer
Five Stars
Works perfectly! As far as I can tell, it was perfectly calibrated. Makes collimation a breeze for Newtonian reflectors.
GARBAGE, NO BATTERY INCLUDED….
As soon as I opened back panel to the install battery that I HAD TO PURCHASE, the whole back battery ring fell apart. Do’t waste your money!
Five Stars
Works perfectly
It made it easy to collimate my Newtonian telescope
This did exactly what I needed it to. It made it easy to collimate my Newtonian telescope.
A Quick and Inexpensive Solution
I was warned the reflector I bought often had collimation problems. This is a quick and easy solution.
Five Stars
Works good, saves alot of time adjusting the collumation.
Five Stars
excellent, it’s all I use to collimate my Orion XT8P Telescope
This is useless. After using this to alignmy 10 inch dobsonian
comments powered by DisqusThis is useless. After using this to align my 10 inch dobsonian, it was visually way out of alignment
