Hi Rolando, I too was a bit confused, but let that slip. Now I am really confused. I understand your method and the explanation is clear, but I don't get the "initial conditions". Was the main

The production worm on this 3600 mount is made with a new gear cutting method that we developed here after much testing, and it produced a raw periodic error of under 2 arc seconds without PEM in a 5

Joe, The Helmet cam comes with the necessary attachment gear, and you don't need the DVR setup although I got one with the package I purchased.  The camera comes with the so called "DVR Travel

Roland, Great description of the process.  I have one question which probably has an obvious answer:  When you did the first iterations on Vega, you stated that it allowed you to get the finder

I am selling my wonderful AP 130 f/6 Starfire EDF from July 1996 run on Astromart Ad # 586257. If you have questions please email thru AM as my Internet is down. Thanks.

Rolando, As much as I like pursuing globulars - they are very dramatic objects - I have refrained so far from chasing them and this is due to the fact that I cannot get good overall colour for one

docsquic@... writes: When a scope (or finder in this case) is not orthogonal to the mount, it will be off by twice the orthogonal error when doing the Meridian Flip. So, using logic, one

ayiomami@... writes: It's up on the website in the Gallery section under Roland's test images. ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check

Roland ... excellent and reassuring description. Just like Anthony earlier, I also saved your post as a separate text file to my AP folder, for future reference. This is definitely - another

Phil, you should look at SkyTools (http://www.skyhound.com/skytools.html) by Greg Crinklaw. It's not clear from your message whether you want to simply avoid punching RA & DEC info into the keypad for

Message just printed (for reference and use) and also filed on the hard disk. Now eagerly waiting for M13 ..... :-) Anthony.

Thanks for the further info, Mark. I agree with you that ths should be a product by somebody in the telescope business - AP? As a matter of fact, with the encouragement of your obvious success

Hi, would like to know if AP has plans to start contacting people on the list for the 140's anytime in the near future? Thank you, Kevin : )

I just happened to turn in time to see this fly over (Tucson) last night. Didn't think I would be out last night at all so... Anyway- thanks for asking this. I'm following along behind you

docsquic@... writes: Howard and myself set up a 3600 mount last night from scratch, polar aligned it and began imaging by 8pm, just after evening twilight. We were able to do unguided

Joseph, The reticle does appear in the video quite well.  I have the Pasill plugged into the mount controller and set to the lowest setting, which is still too bright sometimes.  I will turn the

Dear group, Has anybody tried to place the OTA on the wrong side of the mount so that the ISS can be followed across the sky without any interruption? Anthony. ------

Hi Morgan, I did pretty much the same thing as you, but in the middle of my back yard lawn. First, I made myself a "LASER ALTIMETER" :-) Well that is what I laughingly call it - so I

Thanks everyone. I watched it naked eye. It looked like a jet with it's landing lights on. Very cool. I've joined to groups and downloaded the software. I'll just have to wait for next time I

Out of interest, does this work with CP2 mounts, which don't support variable rate tracking? John practice to get it all working.  First try a wide-field on some other satellites. Also, the one