TS-Optics 2" DeLuxe LED collimator for RC telescopes and refractors

TSRCKolli-G2 2" LED Collimator for aligning not only RC telescopes

The TSRC collimator was developed by TS for Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes, but can also be used for all other types of telescopes such as refractors, Newtonians or SC Cassegrains.

The corrector enables accurate collimation of almost all optical systems with high accuracy.

Suitable for all 2" receptacles with a precise 2" receptacle to avoid tilting

The LEDs are powered by 2 standard 1.5 V AA batteries (batteries are not included)

We recommend the collimator especially for RC telescopes, Cassegrains and Schmidt Cassegrains, if there is a secondary mirror center marking. This means that a first-class collimation state of the telescope can also be achieved at daytime.

TSRCKolli-G2 2" LED collimator for almost all telescope types
The collimator is manufactured exclusively for Teleskop-Service. It is compatible with almost all common optical systems and allows precise collimation during the day. In particular, we recommend the collimator for all Cassegrain type telescopes such as Schmidt-Cassegrain, RC, Dall-Kirkham and similar telescope types. The collimator is very precise and the collimation result is largely independent of tilting.

Collimation of Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes and similar telescopes

It is well known that the collimation of an RC is not a simple matter. With this collimator it is possible to achieve a very good collimation result during the day. This means that you always have an optimally adjusted RC telescope at your disposal during the night. Collimation can be carried out by anyone. However, it is important that the secondary mirror of your telescope has a center mark.

RC telescopes with TILTING mechanism on the focuser

Many Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes have a third collimation option, tilting the focuser (tilting). Attempts have often been made to compensate for poor collimation with this tilting, which does not work well. Therefore you should set the tilting mechanism to the stop before collimation. This ensures that the optics are optimally adjusted to the focuser.

You should use the tilting mechanism to optimally adjust the camera sensor to the telescope. This allows you to compensate for a slight misalignment of the sensor or a slight tilting of the focuser.

Operating instructions for the TSRCKOLLI-G2
The operating instructions describe the handling and collimation procedure in detail: TSRCKOLLI-G2_en.pdf

Instruction video
Teleskop-Service has created an instruction video about collimating an RC telescope, you can watch it here.

Safety informations: PDF Download