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Declined by Ratnahastin 5 months ago. Last edited by Ratnahastin 5 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Wikipedia is not a reliable source, please see WP:CITE Ratnahastin (talk) 10:50, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Collimation Circles application is software tool to achive near perfect Collimation.^[1] of Newtonian Telescope^[2].

Proper Telescope Collimation is essential for getting most of your telescope. Image such as this beautiful Andromeda galaxy^[3] can be captured only when all optical elements of your telescope are perfectly alligned.

Application was tested on Windows 11, Ubuntu Linux, Raspberry PI OS and macOS 12.

Features[edit]

Collimation Circles application for Telescope Collimation
Original author(s)	Simon Šander
Developer(s)	Simon Šander
Repository	github.com/sajmons/CollimationCircles
Written in	C#
Operating system	Windows, MacOS, Linux
Platform	x86-64,ARM-64
License	GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Website	saimons-astronomy.webador.com/software/collimation-circles

support multiple helper shapes (circle, spider, screw, clip, bahtimov mask^[4])
user interface for managing list of shapes
scaling up or down of whole setup
rotation of whole setup
transparent background
fully customizable shapes: radius, thickness, color, spacing, rotation, label, inclination
support for profile saving and loading (JSON files)
precise position control with keyboard
multiple platform support (Windows, Linux, macOS)
multilanguage (English, Slovenian, German)
always on top option
up to date online help available

Acknowledgements[edit]

Collimation Circles application got noticed by RASC The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. There is excellent article about Collimation Circles application in August 2023 issue of theirs monthly journal. You can get your copy or you can read part of article^[5]

Screen shot gallery[edit]

Collimation Circles running on Windows Desktop
Collimation Circles User Interface

References[edit]

^ "Collimated beam", Wikipedia, 2023-12-05, retrieved 2023-12-08
^ "Newtonian telescope", Wikipedia, 2023-10-12, retrieved 2023-12-08
^ "Andromeda Galaxy", Wikipedia, 2023-12-07, retrieved 2023-12-08
^ "Bahtinov mask", Wikipedia, 2022-06-29, retrieved 2023-12-08
^ Nancarrow, Blake (August 2023). "The Inner Circles of Collimation".

[1] "Collimated beam", Wikipedia, 2023-12-05, retrieved 2023-12-08

[2] "Newtonian telescope", Wikipedia, 2023-10-12, retrieved 2023-12-08

[3] "Andromeda Galaxy", Wikipedia, 2023-12-07, retrieved 2023-12-08

[4] "Bahtinov mask", Wikipedia, 2022-06-29, retrieved 2023-12-08

[5] Nancarrow, Blake (August 2023). "The Inner Circles of Collimation".

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