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Your cart is empty.The Celestron Cheshire Collimation Eyepiece is ideal for precise collimation of Newtonians and helpful for aligning Schmidt-Cassegrains. This special eyepiece fits into 1¼" focusers or diagonals.Alignment is easy using the small opening on one end and thin cross hairs at the other end. The collimation eyepiece is more accurate than the simple Collimation Tool. Add to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartAdd to CartShow More
Muddler
2025-09-05 15:16:50
This works well for collimating your telescope, which was rather intimidating. I had read there can be problems with laser collimators, so I bought this. After reading and watching numerous instructional tutorials, I tackled my scope and successfully collimated it.
Angel
2025-08-28 14:40:58
Great tool to collimate your newtonian, it takes some trail and error, but once you get the hang of it is a breeze. If you have a Bird-Jones telescope like me (short tube newtonian reflector telescope that have a lens at the end of the focuser) you can't really use a laser to collimate (unless you use the aspirin cap method which makes the laser less accurate) so this is a good and cheaper alternative for it. If you learn to collimate a Bird-Jones telescope you will probably be able to collimate any newtonian. And yes you can collimate at night just shine a smal light into the side opening. Good tool overall.
Kevin B.
2025-08-23 17:51:15
I purchased this to help with the collimation of a few telescopes I have, thought it would improve the process. Was hoping to be able to take this out of the package and with a few directions it would be a simple task. Unfortunately the directions were a little hard to follow for the first timer that I felt like I was. After finding some internet help, I was able to Collimate my scopes and the tool does make it a simple process.I shared this with some of my friends who have experience in this. They found the eyepiece to be very helpful. If you know what you are doing it is out of the box great, if you are a novice like myself it takes a little playing. While I ultimately managed to complete the process, it was a little frustrating at first.If you are planning on transporting your scope regularly, I would recommend this tool. When finally completed, it did a great job.
Bob
2025-08-09 16:57:00
I own a Celestron 10" Newtonian and used this tool to perform my very first collimation. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it, it's very solid and well made, the pics don't do it justice because they make it look like it's made of plastic instead of sturdy aluminum. Since it was my first time I read the directions through twice before I used it, but the diagrams are very self explanatory. Once you collimate your telescope and get to know the procedure, it will only take a few minutes the next time. Overall, I'm very pleased with this purchase.
Ugljesa Mileta
2025-08-04 17:33:04
Just fairly disappointed with the level of play of this tool - inside Orion XT8 Crayford (2 in. with 1.25 inch adapter in place) focuser... Still decided to keep it (and will remedy the issue myself, by some sort of all-round shimming for a tight fit) since I guess at this price range they are all pretty much the same, just branded differently.The overall quality of the build is OK. I got mine real cheap from amazon warehouse deals, and it just came in less than adequate packaging.On the initial use, I was just surprised to see that my initial collimation (done with just the cap that came with the scope) was pretty much spot on, so cannot really comment about the ease of use for this device. Clear skies to all!Edit: just wrapped a piece of "stick it" paper note (sticky area goes across the length of tube, vertically; make sure there is no overlap - cut it so there is a few mm gap between the glued beginning and the end of paper), and it fits very snug and perfect iside 1.25 in. adapter. Made my colimation spot on!
T. Chardis
2025-08-03 17:24:03
If you have a Newtonian or Dobsonian telescope, you can purchase all manner of complex thingy me do's to align your primary and secondary mirrors, (many of which often work poorly) or you can just buy this combo tool for a great deal less. This eyepiece is a both a sight tube and a Cheshire eyepiece rolled into one. You then simply align your secondary mirror under the sight tube and then align the crosshairs reflection on the primary with the crosshairs at the bottom of the sight tube and bang, you are done. If you have never done a collimation before it might take up to ten minutes the first go, but after that, it takes less than two minutes. Absolutely essential tool that just flat out works. Five stars.
VokeyWedgeFan
2025-08-01 15:11:33
We recently purchased a Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ telescope for my son's 10th birthday. While the moon looked great in the 'out of the box' configuration, we noticed that Saturn and Mars looked, well, 'fuzzy'. My initial thought was that we needed a more powerful eyepiece than the 20mm and 10mm ones that came with the telescope.A couple of weeks later, we attended an open house the observatory on the campus of the university that I work for. We were visiting with one of the astronomy professors and I described our 'problem' we were having with our new telescope. After finding out that it was a Newtonian, he immediately asked if I had collimated the telescope. Naturally, I had no idea what he was talking about, so I set out to Mr. Google to learn about collimation.After a little research, I ordered this eyepiece and was amazed at how much adjustment we needed to make to bring the mirrors into proper alignment. In less than 30 minutes, I had the telescope fully collimated and now distant objects look MUCH more crisp. My son and I even got up early one morning to see Venus and Jupiter, and both of those appeared crisp/sharp. Venus was in a crescent phase and we were able to see Jupiter and two of its moons, and this made for one happy 10 year old!So, I would recommend this to any beginner/novice astronomer like myself and my son.
Iama Techie
2025-07-21 15:11:08
Easy to use, once you figure it out. The instructions were not really clear as to how/where to insert it. So.. here you go.Insert it where you would normally place your 9mm or 25mm lens. Turn the opening towards a light source, then just look into the end (like you would as if it were a regular lens. You'll see your secondary and primary lens and can adjust them from there.Good luck on figuring out where those are too. I have the Celestron 130 and was pleased to find I only needed to slightly adjust the 3 large, easy to reach and turn, hand screws on the bottom of the scope.
Jim Franklin
2025-06-22 14:34:25
I needed to check the collimation of my SCT (Meade LX90) and my Celestron C8-N. This alloowed me to collimate both very rapidly and very accurately - now my images no longer look like the first ones from Hubble or Mr Magoo took them.Very simple to use, aluminium body, robust and comes with a handy case. Considering the cost of some collimation units, this is simple, easy, inexpensive and accurate . Highly recommended.
Scott Burge
2025-06-19 11:16:46
I was of mixed opinion whether to buy a laser collimator. However, after using this collimator to collimate my 10" Dob I found that the images seen are now more crisp and in finder detail.The first thing I did after receiving the item was to check that is was collimated correctly and it was good to see that I did not have to adjust it. Would buy again.
Customer
2025-05-29 18:07:01
Quality is good. The wires that form the X on mine were about a 1mm off center, but you can try bending, although im hesitant to do so, afraid of breaking them off. But most importantly, it does what supposed is supposed to do, which is to center the secondary in the focuser, collimate the tilt of secondary and primary. If this is your first collimation device, then this is what you need. Dont buy a laser first, youll mess up more than fix your accuracy.
Giuseppe
2025-05-27 11:41:02
Perfetto per collimare tutte le parti del telescopio riflettore: focheggiatore, specchio secondario, specchio primario. Naturalmente occorre saperlo utilizzare a dovere, ma una volta presa confidenza con esso, è veramente preciso. La collimazione dello specchio primario, la più frequente, è un attimo.
Lobopsy
2025-05-19 15:18:09
Après avoir réalisé la colimation sur tube newton le résultat est parfait.Environ 30 minutes pour un réglage optimal.Beaucoup plus efficace qu'un colimateur lazer.
Muddler
2025-05-14 21:52:08
This works well for collimating your telescope, which was rather intimidating. I had read there can be problems with laser collimators, so I bought this. After reading and watching numerous instructional tutorials, I tackled my scope and successfully collimated it.
Angel
2025-04-24 10:37:48
Great tool to collimate your newtonian, it takes some trail and error, but once you get the hang of it is a breeze. If you have a Bird-Jones telescope like me (short tube newtonian reflector telescope that have a lens at the end of the focuser) you can't really use a laser to collimate (unless you use the aspirin cap method which makes the laser less accurate) so this is a good and cheaper alternative for it. If you learn to collimate a Bird-Jones telescope you will probably be able to collimate any newtonian. And yes you can collimate at night just shine a smal light into the side opening. Good tool overall.
Kevin B.
2025-04-22 17:52:17
I purchased this to help with the collimation of a few telescopes I have, thought it would improve the process. Was hoping to be able to take this out of the package and with a few directions it would be a simple task. Unfortunately the directions were a little hard to follow for the first timer that I felt like I was. After finding some internet help, I was able to Collimate my scopes and the tool does make it a simple process.I shared this with some of my friends who have experience in this. They found the eyepiece to be very helpful. If you know what you are doing it is out of the box great, if you are a novice like myself it takes a little playing. While I ultimately managed to complete the process, it was a little frustrating at first.If you are planning on transporting your scope regularly, I would recommend this tool. When finally completed, it did a great job.
Bob
2025-04-17 10:43:49
I own a Celestron 10" Newtonian and used this tool to perform my very first collimation. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it, it's very solid and well made, the pics don't do it justice because they make it look like it's made of plastic instead of sturdy aluminum. Since it was my first time I read the directions through twice before I used it, but the diagrams are very self explanatory. Once you collimate your telescope and get to know the procedure, it will only take a few minutes the next time. Overall, I'm very pleased with this purchase.
Ugljesa Mileta
2025-04-13 12:52:00
Just fairly disappointed with the level of play of this tool - inside Orion XT8 Crayford (2 in. with 1.25 inch adapter in place) focuser... Still decided to keep it (and will remedy the issue myself, by some sort of all-round shimming for a tight fit) since I guess at this price range they are all pretty much the same, just branded differently.The overall quality of the build is OK. I got mine real cheap from amazon warehouse deals, and it just came in less than adequate packaging.On the initial use, I was just surprised to see that my initial collimation (done with just the cap that came with the scope) was pretty much spot on, so cannot really comment about the ease of use for this device. Clear skies to all!Edit: just wrapped a piece of "stick it" paper note (sticky area goes across the length of tube, vertically; make sure there is no overlap - cut it so there is a few mm gap between the glued beginning and the end of paper), and it fits very snug and perfect iside 1.25 in. adapter. Made my colimation spot on!
T. Chardis
2025-04-04 12:17:05
If you have a Newtonian or Dobsonian telescope, you can purchase all manner of complex thingy me do's to align your primary and secondary mirrors, (many of which often work poorly) or you can just buy this combo tool for a great deal less. This eyepiece is a both a sight tube and a Cheshire eyepiece rolled into one. You then simply align your secondary mirror under the sight tube and then align the crosshairs reflection on the primary with the crosshairs at the bottom of the sight tube and bang, you are done. If you have never done a collimation before it might take up to ten minutes the first go, but after that, it takes less than two minutes. Absolutely essential tool that just flat out works. Five stars.
VokeyWedgeFan
2025-03-02 14:38:17
We recently purchased a Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ telescope for my son's 10th birthday. While the moon looked great in the 'out of the box' configuration, we noticed that Saturn and Mars looked, well, 'fuzzy'. My initial thought was that we needed a more powerful eyepiece than the 20mm and 10mm ones that came with the telescope.A couple of weeks later, we attended an open house the observatory on the campus of the university that I work for. We were visiting with one of the astronomy professors and I described our 'problem' we were having with our new telescope. After finding out that it was a Newtonian, he immediately asked if I had collimated the telescope. Naturally, I had no idea what he was talking about, so I set out to Mr. Google to learn about collimation.After a little research, I ordered this eyepiece and was amazed at how much adjustment we needed to make to bring the mirrors into proper alignment. In less than 30 minutes, I had the telescope fully collimated and now distant objects look MUCH more crisp. My son and I even got up early one morning to see Venus and Jupiter, and both of those appeared crisp/sharp. Venus was in a crescent phase and we were able to see Jupiter and two of its moons, and this made for one happy 10 year old!So, I would recommend this to any beginner/novice astronomer like myself and my son.
Iama Techie
2025-02-25 13:05:09
Easy to use, once you figure it out. The instructions were not really clear as to how/where to insert it. So.. here you go.Insert it where you would normally place your 9mm or 25mm lens. Turn the opening towards a light source, then just look into the end (like you would as if it were a regular lens. You'll see your secondary and primary lens and can adjust them from there.Good luck on figuring out where those are too. I have the Celestron 130 and was pleased to find I only needed to slightly adjust the 3 large, easy to reach and turn, hand screws on the bottom of the scope.
Jim Franklin
2025-02-20 17:20:24
I needed to check the collimation of my SCT (Meade LX90) and my Celestron C8-N. This alloowed me to collimate both very rapidly and very accurately - now my images no longer look like the first ones from Hubble or Mr Magoo took them.Very simple to use, aluminium body, robust and comes with a handy case. Considering the cost of some collimation units, this is simple, easy, inexpensive and accurate . Highly recommended.
Scott Burge
2025-02-10 18:10:23
I was of mixed opinion whether to buy a laser collimator. However, after using this collimator to collimate my 10" Dob I found that the images seen are now more crisp and in finder detail.The first thing I did after receiving the item was to check that is was collimated correctly and it was good to see that I did not have to adjust it. Would buy again.
Customer
2025-02-08 15:18:43
Quality is good. The wires that form the X on mine were about a 1mm off center, but you can try bending, although im hesitant to do so, afraid of breaking them off. But most importantly, it does what supposed is supposed to do, which is to center the secondary in the focuser, collimate the tilt of secondary and primary. If this is your first collimation device, then this is what you need. Dont buy a laser first, youll mess up more than fix your accuracy.
Giuseppe
2025-01-31 11:02:16
Perfetto per collimare tutte le parti del telescopio riflettore: focheggiatore, specchio secondario, specchio primario. Naturalmente occorre saperlo utilizzare a dovere, ma una volta presa confidenza con esso, è veramente preciso. La collimazione dello specchio primario, la più frequente, è un attimo.
Lobopsy
2025-01-15 13:36:48
Après avoir réalisé la colimation sur tube newton le résultat est parfait.Environ 30 minutes pour un réglage optimal.Beaucoup plus efficace qu'un colimateur lazer.
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