AP GTO users, This is a repost of a pre-egroups message: If you align your GTO mount as I do, by picking alignment stars from a star map, a list ordered by constellation rather than by stars in

Try http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl/ It takes a little drilling down to get your info. I use the personal mapping program Streets 2000--lat and long coordinates display for the cursor

Where is a good internet site for latitude and longitude coordinates to plug into the GOTO keypad? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home:

Hi Paul; Same problem may not be able to try out till late August. AP far behind on dovetail plates both male and female....anyone with experience would be helpful. I think Todd maybe the only one who

I'd be interested, also. I haven't tried my C-11 on the mount yet (Losmandy plates), but will post a note when I have done so. We lost two critical employees at work, so I probably won't have time to

Ok, here is a question for the group. I just ordered a 10" Meade SCT OTA and the proper AP mounting plates . I plan on using the 600 GTO mount with this scope. Now will I have a problem or is there

Hi all, I posted new images with the AP600 mount at my site http://sciastro.net/flashca/index.htm including M16 and NGC 4565. Skies were unusually dark here last night in the 'burbs, about mag 4.5

Derek - I tried to e-mail you directly, but I received a message that your e-mail was not working. Anyway, I went to the member profile of this group and noticed that my e-mail is wrongly listed as

Hi Todd; It is a very nice concept but I find that the difficulty in it's use is one of setup. The mike alone without the computer screen within sight is a difficult task until one learns the program

Anyone out there other than Howard that has tried this thing? I got it running, my laptop was set to COM4 !!!!!!!!!!! It's cloudy, so I don't know how well it works.. but it definitely

Todd, One other thing you have probably already thought of. To test your cable and port, you might want to see if you can run a different serial device on that (other than the mouse, for which you

No, I had to unscrew the lugs and it all worked fine. Bob K. Todd Gross wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home:

Hi Howard and everyone!! Well, I did some checking, and this "extention" cable does appear to be the right animal. Christine suggested that perhaps my computer wasn't allowing the serial port to

what is Charle's email? I did do all of the things you mentioned below to no avail. Are you SURE you had to be aligned through the keypad first? Anyone else try it yet? the thanks! -Todd Boston

Hi Todd; Once had the same problem. First of all are you presetting your scope, that is, are you polar or two star aligning prior to utilizing the program???? Two, I too had to remove the side studs

Okay, I ran into a problem.. I have no problem with the mike (if I speak up) or the running of Digital Sky Voice, but once hooked up to the scope, nothing happened. (scope did not move, program

In order for us to use the e-groups effectively, I'm going to address a couple of issues which have arisen. I'm sorry I have to go on vacation from 6/16-6/27., but I'm sure you guys will figure it

Yes, I have--perhaps my post was not clear, so I'll attempt to elaborate. No, the mount should stay perfectly steady--pointed at some distant object, with no adjustments necessary. You should lock

From Todd Gross' post, copied with permission from Roland: The biggest obstacle to getting the polar alignment and subsequent accurate object acquisition is tube orthogonality. It is not a