Finally had a good night last night and took out the Questar 7 on the 600E for some visual double star observing. Setup was easy - I used the polar scope (pasill4) from my 1200 mount (I didn't tune it

Dans un e-mail daté du 09/04/2008 18:23:58 Paris, Madrid, bobbenamati@... a écrit : PEMPro gave a +/- 25" error--which stunned me... It does seem that the worm is running slow(?) for the

sargentg@... writes: The mount has 4 tracking rates: Sidereal, Solar, Lunar and Stop. The last one will stop tracking. It's on your keypad in the Main Menu. Place the keypad in

Hello Howard, I used a keyspan with 4 serial ports. The connection with the computer is realized cause of the long distance with a ICORON 4 port Hub. When I try to use the newer ICRON USB 2. the

Having a bigger chip is the key to fast focusing. With a big chip like the ST10 or STL11k, there is always a star somewhere that can be used for focus. It is then a matter of simply defining the

The mount is "parked" in any position you when you power off. There are three designated park positions as referred to in the manual. I highly recommended a through reading of the manual. You can also

I am a new user of AstroPhysics coming from the Vixen SS2KPC stable. The first time I switched on the unit (not having studied the manual at all well) is seemed to go OK as it did the second time.

Hello I have an AP1200. My requirement: I need to jump back and forth between my selected composition/framing of an object, and a bright star suitable for repeatedly focusing with different

I use the ones made by I/O gear and they seem to work with no issues. You do need to find the com ports and make sure they agree with the software. I have used an edgeport in the past and it is good

Hi George and All, We have been looking into the Keyspan units. I have currently used the single port USA-19HS and the four port USA-49WG on several machines including a PC with XP, a laptop

Howard, A while back you said that AP was investigating a serial / USB converting device. Has there been any progress? I recall that it was a single company's device that had caught your

Eric, In my case, they sent an "expert" who validated the costs I specified in the Excel spreadsheet I had prepared for them and who also confirmed the serial numbers I provided them and, finally,

Stuart, I did precisely the same thing and, in fact, I found a printed copy of the spreadsheet I had prepared for them within the policy itself once everything was finalized. This is good advice and

HI there, I have all of my astro toys fully insured with AIG ... they are supposedly the biggest insurance company in the world with offices and branches all over the globe. They did not have the

Actually thinking about getting the Prius and then doing the plug-in upgrade, hear its not too difficult and gives over 100 mpg (and I can do it now - who knows when GM will get around to the

Thanks, Maybe that is where I saw it, in the middle of a lovely backyard garden, or brick patio. I can almost still picture it - I think it housed an LX-10? I do believe I scanned my back issues

Is DSV still available? Any users who want to recommend it? Morgan

Hi Joe I think I remember a Sky and Telescope article a few years ago that showed the construction of such a pier top enclosure. I will try to find this article, but maybe someone else has a better

Hi Morgan, Sounds great - but as for the "gate", maybe you can form the wall into a spiral (even an offset square), so the entrance is open, still hidden, but doesn't need a latched gate to handle

Richard I'd like one of the bags. I sent me phone number directly to your email address. Steve Richard Crisp <rdcrisp@...> wrote: I have three brand new scope covers I will