Yes it can be done but there are too many hoops to jump thought to get it done tonight. First download and install Satellite Tracker from http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/files/

FYI, before you really can go "high" power, it will take a bit of practice to get it all working.  First try a wide-field on some other satellites. Also, the one thing I'd add to the previous list is

Chris, I have used satellitetracker which is now freeware available from the satellitetracker Yahoo group. Set the scope type to 'LX200 Compatable'. Regards, Chip Gentry Austin, TX,

Chris, 1. Go to the Yahoo Tech Groups website. (Same site that has the ap-gto group). 2. Sign in using your present Yahoo user name and password. 3. Go to the [satellitetracker] group page. 4. Join

winfij@... writes: It works with all the mounts, all the CP units, because it uses something similar to Pulse Guide. Rolando ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life

Hi Joe, Once you get a camera attached, you should motorize the Alt and Az adjusters with RS232 control. I mean, come on, you might as well robot-ize the whole thing! Just kidding. I have a DSI Pro

I've just learned that the ISS is passing right over (88 degrees azimuth) Phoenix tonight. I was wondering if there was anyway I could get my AP900 to track it so I could view it under high

As long as both GMT and LST end up in agreement, you are OK, Tex! (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) Mag. 7 skies! Howard Hedlund Astro-Physics,

I am planning on going to Okie-Tex which is right next to the New Mexio and Oklahoma state line. Since I live in mountain standard time always, can I just leave my PC clock in MST and DST turned off

Thanks Don and Hank, Don, you bring up an important point. This will save me a lot of time in experimentation. Joe

Joe, The LED in the PAS can be illuminated using the "reticle" plug on the mount. Then you can control the brightness from the keypad... Just be careful not to accidentally plug the PAS LED into

Hi Joe, The use of a webcam is just like the eye - it is a lens plus sensor system. So the afocal projection will be able to see the reticule if the eye can see it. There's no way using a guide

That's TERRIFIC !!! Thanks Mark, I was really hoping somebody had already proved the possibility of it's working. If you can, perhaps a few pictures of your PAS set up on the AP group site

Thanks Don, I think I will try initial in house testing. I was concerned whether the PAS reticle is a virtual image that would not project onto the CCD chip in the guide camera. I was hoping to

Joseph, I've been using pretty much what you have described.  I have an Archos portable video player that has a "helmet" cam attachment, which is a small video camera.  I made an adapter out of pvc

Hi Joe, Yes you can use a camera to view the PAS. However you have to use AFOCAL (or eyepiece) projection to have it work. That is using a camera with it's own lens to replace your eye. Perhaps a

Joe, I wonder if the 10 mW laser would damage the reticle in the polar alignment scope. Chuck Joseph Zeglinski wrote:

Thanks Hank, I just figured since a laser is already highly collimated, yet another lens after the lens in the laser, wasn't going to do anything. I looked at a 150 mw laser in the local astro

Hey There What ever happened to Digital Sky Voice ?? Used it a lot when I first got it and still use it at times Thought it was really neat Gene R has a

Hi Joe, The aperture of the PAS is a small one, but at least its a refractor...no secondary. Also, while it does probably attenuate the beam a bit, it may also have the effect to collimate it, so