Collimating eyepiece

	an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly.
	See under Collimate.

See also: Collimate, eyepiece

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Install the objective and use a sighting tube or a Cheshire collimating eyepiece to align it as you would a standard, non-folded refractor.

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After the telescope is assembled, I loosen the top clamp on each monopod and adjust the position of the secondary cage until the cross is centered in a collimating eyepiece. Next, I remove the dust cover, unclamp the mirror, and give the alignment a final touchup using the mirror mount screws.

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Even using collimating eyepieces (S&T: March 1988, page 259), the task can be laborious.