Kerry, The DEC head assembly is 17" long with its center of rotation being about dead center. The standard counterweight shaft for the 1200 is 19.5" long so that would give you 36.5" total. It would

b.holzer@... writes: I cannot help from what you have posted. I have no idea what is being sent to the mount (you did not include the command that was sent). If gibberish is sent, then

I'd like to point out that one can have a MUCH wider flat image field with a C14 by using a Hyperstar: http://www.pbase.com/samirkharusi/c14hyperstar Even at $1300 for the Hyperstar, I suspect that it

Rolando, I believe that there are many people out here that would be interested in a field flattener for mass produced SCT or even better ACF. These scopes could be cheap alternatives to very

Anybody know what the dimensions are of the AP1200 when in the horizontal position (park position 1) as measured from the end of the counterweight shaft to the top of the DEC mounting surface? I am

There goes reality getting in the way again! Economics is my boogeyman, no doubt. There's always lottery tickets, I suppose. Thanks anyway, Roland! Hunter issue more however, it correction to

I have ordered a Pier-Tech TriPier1 w/AP1200 mounting plate. What kind of adapter do I really need to attach the AP1200 to the pier? Thanks, Kerry

Wade, somewhat OT, but here goes If it helps, the large thread spec is marginally different for the Meade and Celestron scopes. Celestron got in first with a 3.29x16 tpi. For reasons unknown (but

Roland, Have you had opportunity to try your .75x FR on your 10" LX200R? I too am looking to push to a larger chip on my 14" LX200R. I am currently using a Meade .63x FR which is operating at .57x

Rolando: Among my scopes I have a real good specimen of a 12"LX-200, so I wanted to use it as an astrograph at f/6 to f/7 or so, (not on its original fork mount). I have tried Meade and Celestron

eroel@... writes: Well, Meade has a design in their SCTs that eliminates coma, so there may not be a growing market for a dedicated reducer for Celestron SCTs. It is much simpler to make

Not very well. I have searched for a couple years now, trying to find a QUALITY corrector/reducer for the C9.25 without avail. Celestron, Meade, Antares, etc. all make their versions and all of them

uwpf23@... writes: We will try it on a C14 as soon as we get some 2.7" adapters finished. I will post a full size image in the files so you can see what the result looks like.

uwpf23@... writes: That one will not cover anything bigger than the ST10 chip and is made for long focus instruments with no coma. Rolando ************** One site has it all. Your email

hewholooks@... writes: I have designs for a high quality corrector-reducer for a C14, however, it has 3 elements and uses some fancy glass in order to get similar correction to a high

Just acquired the IOGear Bluetooth devices to connect to my AP900GTO and Mach1GTO in my observatory. Any insight into how to connect and pair with the device? I have tried using my IBM/Lenovo desktop

Roland, Hope against hope, but is it possible that you have a reducer/corrector in your armamentarium that will work with the C9.25 better than the generic Celestron SCT reducer/corrector (read

Roland, I checked your website but I don't see it. What I need is the equivalent to your PN "ADASCTLM27" but with visual back threads of 3&5/16 inch size to fit the Celestron C11/C14 rear cell. The

uwpf23@... writes: Yes, ours does not change the coma. How well does the Celestron one work? Rolando ************** Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news &

hewholooks@... writes: The only reducer that I would recommend is the 2.7" for anything larger than an ST8 chip size. I do not know how well it would work with a Celestron. These scopes do