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Lessons Learned for a noob to fellow noobs:
* If you are a newbie, don't try to culminate your telescope by the star method alone.
* Learn what the primary and secondary mirrors do and understand what the circles mean when you look through the eyepiece.
* Buy a culmination tool. At $30, a laser culminator is well worth it.
* Don't assume your reflector is perfectly culminated out of the box. You will be very surprised at how much better the image quality is when your telescope is perfectly culminated.
*Finally, be patient. It'll most likely take you an hour or more (in my case about 3), to get the hang of it. But once you do, it's just like riding a bike.
Happy star gazing!!!
Cosmic Charlie
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