Morgan, For a time, I kept my AP1200 with OTA in a bag. We had some high winds and something flying in the air hit the OTA putting a dent into it. So I recommend a hard shell rather than a bag. I

mphammick@... writes: Differential flexure. Rolando ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides.

JunkMailGoesHere@... writes: Actually it's not negligeable at the arc second level. If you want no drift in Ra or Dec over 5 minutes time span, you will need to take atmospheric refraction

JunkMailGoesHere@... writes: T-Point does not do anything for modifying tracking. All it does is modify pointing errors and helps polar alignment. Modifying tracking can be of benefit for

samirkharusi@... writes: Yes, the tracking rate can be modified on the fly using a program that calculates the amount of refraction at any given point. Ray Gralack is working on

OK, let us all admit that even a mount with perfect polar alignment and perfectly smooth gears, and a perfect RA drive, will still show both RA and Dec drift because the atmosphere refracts

Thank you all for your informative replies - gives me the confidence to go ahead with my plan to build a nice viewing deck surrounded by hedges to block the neighborhood light...now on to mounting my

you can easily remove the control electronics box and I recommend that if you go through a long wet period my ap1200gto has been in the outdoors for over four years now.... just covered up with a

Well, I must of scared it into submission by the post... After 3 hours; multiple un- and re-installs; and a couple of restarts of the PC, it mysteriously links fine now! Go figure.... Anyway--I'm

I have left my AP900 98% of the year outside just covered in Tarpoline. I only bring it in when a typhoon is coming! Never had a problem with my mount. Although I don't have snow, I do get a lot

I've had my AP 1200 and RCOS 12.5 in a portable shelter for a few years. I haven't had an issue - other then heavy winds banging the shelter around. The system is fairly bombproof from the humidity

I'm considering leaving my APO 1200 GTO outdoors over the winter, so that setup/knockdown time is lessened, and since I use it by remote control to image anyway. I'm in the Northeast, so we do get

Hi gang, Sorry for any cross-posts from the ASCOM group, but here's my problem: I've recently acquired a 600E GTO CP2 (D chip series) and cannot connect to it through any ASCOM platforms. I used to

Thanks Rick. I have to confess, I have processed and re-processed this image until I was happy with it. I got a new laptop at the same time and am having a little trouble calibrating the screen.

Hi Hunter, That is an impressive image. Great details and good color. I am really impressed that this was done with a DSLR. Thanks, Rick be shots image

Hi Hunter, I have a few questions if you don't mind. Maybe I am having a senior moment, but what is PHD? Antoher question or confirmation is "Is aggressiveness set to 60 " equivalent to 60% correction

rickwiggins@... writes: You will always have some drift in both axes, even with perfect polar alignment. Unless you are pointing straight up, the stars do not move at exactly the

'Afternoon, Just got out in the sun today and got some documentary shots of the new mount. I thought I would share it here, so you nice folks could see

Bob, The results with the little Orion SSAG and the AP900 are so good that of course all it has done is to show up faults elsewhere in my system. Ten minute exposures have produced tack-sharp stars -

Yes. It is mostly unreadable with text and images piled one on top of another. dan ___ "William R. Mattil" <wrmattil@...> wrote: dan kowall wrote: Dan, The