Thanx. I usually don't have much time for imaging on a short vacation. Rolando

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This is just my opinion based on my experience. If a laptop is really the form factor you want to use, possibly for image acquisition and image processing, I suggest going with Lenovo. Here is one

Embarrassed? Don’t be silly Roland. They’re beautifully rendered considering the amount of data you collected for each, especially NGC2903 imho. Eric

>>> Any suggestions for a laptop that can process the ZWO 6200 full frame color images that are of enormous size? yes,.... a desktop :) -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio

At Ray's suggestion I plugged the mount into a USB socket on one side of the laptop and the camera into the opposite side (USB ports separated). That seemed to have fixed the issue. Normally I plug

Hello Astronuts, While visiting Hawaii in the spring of last year I had a few clear nights and did a galaxy tour in Leo. Here are some of the images. All were short exposures, snapshots if you will,

I finally got to test my system outdoors last Friday night to see if I could duplicate the original problems that I experienced on November 8 when the mount status and position stopped communicating

I’m glad I saw this. I have been intending to do the upgrade. -- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image Gallery - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/

Excellent, thank you so much, Ray!

Biggest standard refractor was a 10" Triplet. Biggest refracting system we made was the 12" Honders which used 2 refracting lenses of 12" aperture along with a folding mirror and a 3rd element of 4"

Hi Patrick, Because there is an update to the Eltima drivers, you should uninstall 1.8.8.17 first, then install 1.9.x. You will not lose any settings. -Ray

I am ready to upgrade APCC Pro to version 1.9.0.11. I am currently running version 1.8.8.17. Is it OK to install version 1.9.0.11 over the existing installation, or should I uninstall the old version

I seem to recall seeing a post on the forum where Roland said that it was really hard to get suitable glass for the larger lens sizes. Is that still the case Roland ? I remember that Astro-Physics

It was mostly an idle thought, but I wish I’d been paying more attention when you were producing the 175 f/8 StarFire EDF back in 2012. —howard

For imaging at ~F5 or for visual at ~F8? Rolando

Thanks, Mike. I love “origin stories“ like this. I only wish AP still made something in the 175 to 180 mm range. Interesting that Roland’s choice for his Hawaii dark sky site is apparently a 175

Hi Howard Yes, I really count myself lucky to have a 180EDT. It is a great scope. Before I bought the 180EDT I had been debating between a Celestron C14 and a 7-inch F9 Starfire. About the same time

Wow, a 180? That puts you among the Elect, for sure! I bought my 155EDF not long after that, and I can’t recall whether the 180 was by then unavailable or merely unaffordable. The 155 will be one of

My AP Traveler was a great astrograph with the field flattener. Supported 6x7 film format no problem, and when the SBIG ST10 came out, it produced wonderful hydrogen alpha images. Unfortunately I