Eric, This is an excellent suggestion. I just sent an email to purchase a tote for my TEC 180. Thank you for this tip it should help with leverage and lift in the absence of the handle which is

Hi, Shailesh: I have a TMB 175 f/8 OTA on an AP1200GTO that I set up and tear down for each observing session. I use the open-ring loading technique with Park 2 that George and Roland recommend.

Well, I'm not the one who will contest your analysis, Brian. As Howard said earlier, your advice is to be taken seriously, and I agree! 🙂 And I also agree with your argument about the guiding pulse

Reassuring, thanks! Sébastien De : main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> de la part de Roland Christen via groups.io <chris1011@...> Envoyé : 3 mai 2021 22:45 À : main@ap-gto.groups.io

Seb When i first reviewed your PHD logs, it appeared to me your polar alignment was quite off. All your corrections were in one direction You said you thought it was the wind, but i have my doubts

No, no chance. besides, that dewcap is not part of the tube assembly Rolando

You cannot wear out the gears and motors. Roland

Ooops, not sure why the second photo showing balance in Park5 didn't go through. Please see attached. De : main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> de la part de Seb@stro

Thank you Brian and Roland. While its not impossible that DEC balance was off for some reason, I would say it's unlikely as I usually do it the same manner Roland described and last night was no

Is there any chance the evaporating volatiles from the Pliobond could fog the objective lens? --- Mike

Thanks, just ordered some Pliobond. Jim

Hi Bryan, Thanks for responding. I did see that, but did not pay a lot of attention given that I will be getting the CP4. Not sure if there is a whole lot of difference between those connections with

Dhaval Does this help? https://astro-physics.info/tech_support/mounts/1600gto/1600-ae-hardware-connections-2.pdf The link is on https://astro-physics.info/index.htm?tech_support/tech_support Bryan

Has anyone used soft sided buckets such as:https://www.kleintoolscanvas.com/shop/canvas-buckets-pouches/wide-opening-straight-wall-bucket. as a small, light weight house-to-car-to-setup. 3M and others

Again, I wouldn't worry about it Mike. From your description, it looks like you did a fine job. Good for 2-3 years depending on usage and environmental conditions. Don Anderson

Thanks Dale and Don So I re-did the RA today. One of the gears in the RA gearbox had by far the most dried on grease on it. In the end, having assembled it all again and with a counterweight and my

Hi Todd I agree that it would be better if the Dec axis could be stored sideways. There are other brands of these heavy duty toolboxes. I think Milwaukee has a similar set, but I am not sure what the

Pliobond works really well. Rolando

Mike this is exactly what i was looking for, thank you. Did they not have a box where the DEC could fit sideways along with the mounting plate? I think I would prefer that but may not be an option

Double sided tape from Michaels or any craft store should do the job.