{"title":"Antares Collimation Tools","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntares offers a laser collimator with a side viewing window and a 1.25\" Cheshire collimator for visual alignment of Newtonian optics. Part of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/telescope-collimation\"\u003eTelescope Collimation Tools\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"laser-collimator-with-side-view","title":"Laser collimator with side view","description":"\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.200000762939453px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 50, 50);\"\u003eThe Antares Laser Collimator allows you to adjust both of the telescope's mirrors with a simple, precise, two-step procedure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.200000762939453px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 50, 50);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.200000762939453px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(50, 50, 50);\"\u003eThe collimator fits 1.25\" focusers  and emits a variable red laser beam into the telescope. 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