Hi Edd, It's not so much a matter of how smooth the mount is. Scintillation will cause significant random (wrong) PEC corrections if you use an autoguider. Not only that, the corrections are slightly

Dick, Try your STV guiding without PemPro first. You may find you don't need it. My STV does an excellent job with my older 1200 without any PEC. These mounts are very smooth (I also have a 900)

Hi Dick, I'm not familiar with the output of the STV. It should work if you can download images but of course you will need a copy of a program that can do that (i.e., MaximDL, CCDSoft, or AstroArt).

Hi Ray: Yes I know and I'm not trying to 'diss' Pempro, I just haven't, so far, found that I need it. I might try it out and do a comparison. Kent ************************************** See

I agree..... I've used an STV with two different AP1200GTO mounts and have never used PemPro, etc. I now use the Remote Guide Head with an SBIG STL-11000 with a 1200GTO and still don't use

Hi Niels, Try these guys in Germany. They specialize on stainless and carry US type threads (UNC). http://www.online-schrauben.de/ Hope this helps, Robert

I know ... but I use the "free verse" interpretation of "conquering". The new age California style phrase seems so much like the old one. I thought I had it right - which war and century did that

Glad your problem is solved Joe. That's not an issue on mine, so we have different problems. I'm still waiting to hear back from AP. Bob

Hi Bill, Good quote - I think Julius Caesar was purported to have said in the Latin writings from the Peloponnesus Wars: - "Veni, Vidi, Vici, Toga Habam" or in direct English translation: - "Been

General and Consul Julius Caesar, 47BC in address to the Senate after his victory over Pharmaces II at the battle of Zela. The Peloponnesian War began in 431BC between Athens and Sparta, about 400

I sold my refractor and so I'm bored... You may want to read this when a chance... http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/09/ups-vs-fedex-battle-of-the-bran ds/ Gilles

Joe, Been there, done that, have the t-shirt. Years ago when I took delivery of a mount that was shipped in 3 boxes, box 3 arrived first. I paid all the charges and was told by the driver, that the

What?? Right person, wrong war, wrong century....... I came, I saw, I conquered :)))) Kent ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. [Non-text portions of

Hi, Well the UPS screw up saga continues! That OPT shipment from California to Canada, I described below - and thought was finally out of courier hell - well UPS sent me a bill for all the

After accepting the futility of self-help, I gave AP tech support a call. 'Mechano-sleuths' Christine and Wally predicted binding of a gear in the RA motor 'box'. This was diagnosed by comparing

Hello all, I'm testing my 900GTO mount out (pier arriving soon!) and started looking at PEMPro. I have several questions, but the most important is: Will PEMPro work with my SBIG STV

Hi Mike, 1. Your database has probably corrupted. That is why M51 was reported as being below the horizon. The database corrupts when the volatile memory loses power. This can happen

Hi Howard, How far away is the horizon? Just an approximation. Marj mentioned that it was "real soon now" in mid January. I loaded up the Beta at that point and have had no problems. I know that

Hi Robert, Set your keypad to either 900 or 1200. The servo system is the same for all three mounts, the 900GTO, 1200GTO and Mach1GTO. The next firmware version will include a setting for the

Hi Rick: I have everything moved forward as much as possible. I have my Casady saddle offset mounted to the front. The FSQ is all the way forward in the rings and the dovetail is all the way forward,