astrophoto10d wrote: Eric, Can you explain to me how narrowband filters demand better polar alignment than ... RGB ? Or are you somehow suggesting that you want to do *unguided* imaging which is a

Hi Everyone, I want to work on my mount to achieve a very precise polar alignment for astrophotography and searching for ways to do it......I've already done a very good drift alignment but when

Roland & Wally -- Cable arrived today; clouds even parted. Motor is still a bit noisier (high-pitched; 15khz or there-abouts) than it was, but everything functions well. -- Jeff.

A month or so ago I had a problem with the RA gearbox on my AP900 in that it started to make a terrible screeching noise when slewing. After consiltation with Wally at AP, I removed the cover from the

Hi, Sorry if I am being nosy, but about what did you pay for the used ap1200? Joe in Mobile _____ From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf

Hello all I'm a new member here and trying to enjoy the use of a used AP 1200 despite the clouds and wind. Mine had a corrupted database, not known to the previous user as she never used it. I

Hello all posting this for the second time as the first didn't seem to go anywhere. I recently bought a used 1200 with 4.12 software. The catalogue was corrupted so I fitted a new battery. All is

Geometry seems to count as much as weight for mount capacity - my guess is that a folded scope like the RCOS would be fine, I believe because the tube length is not that big in comparision to some

The same also applies to the 900 QMD? Jon L. Williams

Should not be a problem. If you go to the RCOS web site and look under mountings they state the 900 goto will handle the 10 and 12.5 inch RC. The wieght stated for the tube version of the 12.5 inch

bengoshi@... writes: If you will be doing advanced astrophotography using precision CCD cameras, then I would recomend the latest servo drive mountings for best results. Capacity wise, all

Thanks to you Jeff, and to Roland for pointing out this error. I probably "fat fingered" this selection in error, because I really don't remember actually selecting it on purpose. Gloves...Cold...

Hi, Do you know, what is the maximum capacity of 900GTO for astrophotography? Can I even dream of having 12.5" RCOS on 900GTO? -Pete

astronomy@... writes: Certainly! Roland Christen

d@... writes: That won't do it. What causes data corruption is rough handling of the keypad. If you drop it, especially on its back side, the battery momentarily loses contact and

Hi Ray, No special requests. I support the idea of product makers sanctioning official ASCOM drivers, so I was just checking to make sure it was still on track :-) Thanks for the

Hi Chuck, No, I have been working on it but the list of goals was pretty high so I am working on it as I can. Do you have a particular need for a feature in the new driver? -Ray Gralak

No, when the Messier database is lost, the NGC database is lost as well. This seems to be a very common problem. I have it on my 900GTO, recently-bought 2nd hand. Person who sold it to me thinks it

I posted on both the SBIG and SoftBisque Yahoo forums. It is an SBIG camera and with the latest drivers. In fact, the problem first occurred about sixty minutes into my session. As noted above, it

Well, the 205 error is somewhat significant! You really need to post this on SB official support site at http://www.bisque.com/SC/forums/ I have only seen the 205 error before when writing my own