Suggest you ignore Daylight savings time. Set the mount to UT and forget about it. PS: For those using Win95/98 on their computer and wish to use strictly UT - setting the clock to GMT under

Anyone using SkyMap Pro as a "standalone" program (without Digital Sky Voice)? Just the computer serial cable and the keypad controller. I know "The Sky" will work this way but what about other

Derek, Your operative words were: "If I want to use GOTO with fairly good accuracy, I align with thepolar scope then calibrate--no iterations needed." Oh where,oh where can a polar scope be found?

Hi from france I would like to know if someone can tell me (or explain me) what are the parameter of time zone and daylight saivings for western of france.I thought that the manual is very difficult

"Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky" wrote: For visual observing without GOTO, I just sight Polaris through the polar scope hole and power up. If I want to use GOTO with fairly good accuracy, I align with the

Thanks Ron. What slew rate do you usually use? At 1200 and 900 the Dec motor sounds like it is really working. I felt like I was wearing it out just doing about four passes (eight slews) back and

Roland says you can do a one-star alignment if you are either already polar aligned, or don't care to increase the accuracy of your rough alignment. To do this, start the two-star alignment, and quit

Rich, I ditched a message that had the exact same tone as yours. After rereading the original I realized whomever it was posting (grayfox65?) was trying to get way more precision than I currently

Last weekend was the first time I tried slewing my AP 900GTO mount. I was a little surprised at the noise level when slewing at 1200 and 900. A friend was using his 1200GTO the same night and it

Got my new 600E GOTO on Mrach 27th. Received note on Friday April 7th with this info which is applicable to scopes delivered after Feb. 25. In short - the red light turns yellow when the scope is

This method has been around for about a year. By now I think it could have been included in the latest manuals and it would be nice to see it posted on the AP web page. endlessly on this few

Anyone know what the tip polarity is on the DC power cable? Is the tip center negative or positive?

Chris, I had the same experience as you when I first started using the 600 mount. As Marj pointed out, just snug up the clutch knob a bit. Thats the first I've heard of the power light turning yellow

I apologize for the repeating identical posts... My ISP seems to be expeiencing major hiccups! I usually view and respond to this group via my browser, but it seems to be choking on the SMTP

Chris, Sounds like your clutch knob was not fully engaged. Try tightening it up a bit, especially if you have a heavier load. Marjorie Christen Astro-Physics

I understand that in time we will be able to update the software controlling the AP GOTO mounts via the internet. I do hope so! Anyway, additional catalogs would be nice. Some suggestions: The ARP

I'm using my new AP600E (one star polar alignment mode) at 1200X moving from Sirius to Polaris. Works okay then moving back to Sirius the scope stops moving in Dec about half way back although

Yeah, I noticed that too... I think I'll toss a plastic document spine overthe original one to help clench it together. Paul

I notice that the there are 2715 Abell galaxies listed in the GOTO Keypad listings for my 600E mount. (Not all the Abell objects are covered). Is there a "master" list of these somewhere as I don't

AP GTO'ers, Yes, I know. Aligning the AP GTO mounts has been discussed endlessly on this group. By now, everyone who has owned their GTO for more than a few months has long since mastered the