Hi Derek; I too have noted that some in the group have other than AP scopes and some have both refractors and SCT's. However, the AP GTO systems are evolving all the time. We still have to see what

Hi everyone--back from vacation. I think this group is fine as it is--low volume and small. However, it occurred to me that possibly everyone on this list except me has an AP scope. I would like to

Derek, I don't have an AP scope, only the 1200 mount. But I would be glad to have posts about AP equipment......I would like to know all I could about their stuff; especially the refractors. Bobby

Hi Bob; Many thanks for the reply. The Meade being lighter than the C 11 I am hoping that I can get away without using the additional weight. It seems you are stating that there is little of no

Hi all, I have used the C11 on the AP600 for long exposure self-guided images with the ST7 camera. For this I used the DC11 mounting plate and AP DOVELM, which accepts the DC11. No problems, but the

AP GTO users, This is a repost of a pre-egroups message. In it, I concurred with Howard Lazarus' supposition that stars on the meridian (due South) were useful alignment stars. The post also

AP GTO users, This is a repost of a pre-egroups message: If you align your GTO mount as I do, by picking alignment stars from a star map, a list ordered by constellation rather than by stars in

Try http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl/ It takes a little drilling down to get your info. I use the personal mapping program Streets 2000--lat and long coordinates display for the cursor

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Hi Paul; Same problem may not be able to try out till late August. AP far behind on dovetail plates both male and female....anyone with experience would be helpful. I think Todd maybe the only one who

I'd be interested, also. I haven't tried my C-11 on the mount yet (Losmandy plates), but will post a note when I have done so. We lost two critical employees at work, so I probably won't have time to

Ok, here is a question for the group. I just ordered a 10" Meade SCT OTA and the proper AP mounting plates . I plan on using the 600 GTO mount with this scope. Now will I have a problem or is there

Hi all, I posted new images with the AP600 mount at my site http://sciastro.net/flashca/index.htm including M16 and NGC 4565. Skies were unusually dark here last night in the 'burbs, about mag 4.5

Derek - I tried to e-mail you directly, but I received a message that your e-mail was not working. Anyway, I went to the member profile of this group and noticed that my e-mail is wrongly listed as

Hi Todd; It is a very nice concept but I find that the difficulty in it's use is one of setup. The mike alone without the computer screen within sight is a difficult task until one learns the program

Anyone out there other than Howard that has tried this thing? I got it running, my laptop was set to COM4 !!!!!!!!!!! It's cloudy, so I don't know how well it works.. but it definitely

Todd, One other thing you have probably already thought of. To test your cable and port, you might want to see if you can run a different serial device on that (other than the mouse, for which you

No, I had to unscrew the lugs and it all worked fine. Bob K. Todd Gross wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home:

Hi Howard and everyone!! Well, I did some checking, and this "extention" cable does appear to be the right animal. Christine suggested that perhaps my computer wasn't allowing the serial port to