Tom, And some of you guys think you have a "fast" telescope.... Ha! :) If you like that, I'm working on a 10" f/5 newt that's going to look like a Budweiser can when I'm done! :) cheers &

Rick, Flashlights: Thanks, but my problem has never been not owning enough flashlights, it's that Maxwell seems to always know when I'm going to need one! Really, it's a big joke around my family

Hi to all, Is there somebody here that have experience with the ASTROVID FireballCam (All sky camera configuration with fisheye lens) for clouds monitoring during the night? Does the integration time

Heh, all you need now is to paint a race car on the outside of your blind to go with the decal on the dew shield. ;-) Tom

I hear ya, Chris. I think this would be a feature mostly for the next generation of users. ;) -- Jeff. Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:13 AM To: ap-gto@... Subject: [ap-gto] Re:

Hi, One more off topic lead - I saw an "ear mount" white LED flashlight, with push button switch, for about $2 in a grab bin, at a local job shop (Princess Auto, in Canada). This flashlight is

Hi Chris, That looks pretty slick. Looks like duck tape and foam insulation boards. Is it only duck tape that you used as hinges? How does it perform in wind? I guess you could make some guy lines and

Hi Chris, I understand your desire to have a handy flashlight. Let me offer a few alternative and much cheaper solutions. 1. This is the one I use. I have several small red flashlights including tiny

Hi, YES! That would be a useful tool. I have a level I keep in the box with the AP cables etc., but having one that didn't require me to shine a flashlight to use would be icing on the

I've seen these and other similiar lights that mount on head bands, hats, etc. The problem with them is that they are not individually pointable...; ie. you have to move your head around to put the

Segway.....into flashlights. I've been into flashlights all my life.....all kinds....but for astronomy and imaging you can't beat a headlamp. A headlamp allows you to use both hands and your mouth

It's late even here in CA and I made my first attempt to use the 'meridian delay' method with my Losmandy/Gemini G11. The Gemini Level 4 does what it calls 'meridian flip', i.e. for stars close enough

Jeff, I dunno. I stink at text messaging - ask my daughter, she'll tell you just how bad I am at it! :) I don't think it's something I'll ever get good at. Maybe if it was T9 vocabulary...

Ladislav, "Meridian Flip" typically means something else - usually you're telling the software that your scope has moved from one side of the mount to the other for guiding purposes. When I "flip"

:)... You're OK. I have this for star parties and what-not to block light, wind, smoke, etc: http://www.planetcurran.com/blind.php cheers & beers, Chris bought as

Hi Jeff, having previously used a system where the reference stars are numbered, I found that it does make searching the list for a particular star a lot easier and quicker. Whether or not my second

Hi Roland, the thing with the star in the zenith is very good. I haven't read it in the manual. You should add it there. Konstantin Konstantin v. Poschinger Hammerichstr. 5 22605

Hi Roland,

Hi Group,   I visually tested the re-collimation procedure with the AP-155 via star testing.  Here are the results:   1)  Nice views of Jupiter, its bands and its moons using 200x power 2) 

So ... Chris ... I guess that rules out my using those 3 luminous pancakes I bought as vibration pads for my Losmandy G11 tripod. Probably could die of radiation poisoning.:-) Joe