Discussions focused around the Astrophysics equatorial telescope mounts with Goto capability, including use of DigitalSky Voice Software. Group Manager: ap-gto-owner@... To subscribe, send a

The following is a repost of my method of polar alignment using the AP polar alignment scope. The instructions I received in 10/98 were a little off, and I hope they have been fixed. IMHO using the

Hi All! Derek wanted me to post a reminder that I have a plethora of AP-GTO driven images at http://www.weatherman.com/todphots.htm All photos taken with the C9.25" and 5.1" EDF scopes were taken

Hi All! Derek wanted me to post a reminder that I have a plethora of AP-GTO driven images at http://www.weatherman.com/todphots.htm All photos taken with the C9.25" and 5.1" EDF scopes were taken

Todd.... would appreciate my e-m address on the list bechanged to radman1@... (home) and my current address, bindibt@... (work), bedeleted. My employer is sensitive about receiving non-company mail

Derek asked me to give my further impressions of my cases for my 900 GTO mount, so here goes. I had a set of custom ATA cases made for me through Company 7 for my 900 GTO mount. They are made by

Todd, I got a message that I had been added to the list several days ago. I'll send it to you separately in case for some reason you didn't get it. Bob

Has anyone got the polar alignment scope truly orthogonal? I have tried and tried, but I feel I am making it worse. What's the trick? Yes, I have read Derek's suggestion, but I was not successful.

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A repost of Roland's polar alignment method (with his permission): ...actually, I use another method to achieve accurate results, a modification of method 3 in the manual. I choose a star that is

From Todd Gross' post, copied with permission from Roland: The biggest obstacle to getting the polar alignment and subsequent accurate object acquisition is tube orthogonality. It is not a

Yes, I have--perhaps my post was not clear, so I'll attempt to elaborate. No, the mount should stay perfectly steady--pointed at some distant object, with no adjustments necessary. You should lock

In order for us to use the e-groups effectively, I'm going to address a couple of issues which have arisen. I'm sorry I have to go on vacation from 6/16-6/27., but I'm sure you guys will figure it

Okay, I ran into a problem.. I have no problem with the mike (if I speak up) or the running of Digital Sky Voice, but once hooked up to the scope, nothing happened. (scope did not move, program

Hi Todd; Once had the same problem. First of all are you presetting your scope, that is, are you polar or two star aligning prior to utilizing the program???? Two, I too had to remove the side studs

what is Charle's email? I did do all of the things you mentioned below to no avail. Are you SURE you had to be aligned through the keypad first? Anyone else try it yet? the thanks! -Todd Boston

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

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

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

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