Well it happened, the impossible. The DEC cable got caught under the big knob used to attached the DEC housing to the RA housing during a park. The cable works but I don't trust it anymore because

I was away on the 30th so this is a belated congratulations to Alan Friedman on his great APOD of the Aristarchus Plateau. Awesome! Jim Email jjanusz@... Astro Images

I totally agree ;-))) Gilles I'll second that. Besides being a technically very savvy guy Howard is also a true gentleman. My experience has always been that Astro- Physics has world class

I'll second that. Besides being a technically very savvy guy Howard is also a true gentleman. My experience has always been that Astro- Physics has world class support to compliment their world

I am new to astronomy and nobody knows this better than Howard. Having the AP 900 and 1200 mounts has been a real pleasure, but what really impressed me was the great service and advice that Howard

WOW, what a fine piece of machinery!!!! Got it set up, scope and camera mounted and balanced, and connected to my laptop, and communicating with the software just fine, which is amazing for me. Got

Hi Howard, Thanks! That is a professional grade instruction set! This level of support is rare in any consumer market today. Thanks, Rick Anyway, under Cable will I in

I have been following the group with great interest over the years but never actually posted. Sorry. I was just wondering what sort of quantities are produced in the AP line of products, primarily

Must be back up, I can ping them...unless email and webserver are hosted at different places.

Marj asked me to let folks know that the Internet at Astro-Physics is down, and has been down since early last evening (Thursday, November 29). If you have written to AP since last evening, and are

I am currently having an intermittent (sometimes once per imaging session) issue where my mount is rejecting requested declination coordinates. I am running my new AP1200 in an automated

Santa just stopped by and dropped off 4 nice boxes for me!!! This is what Brown did for me today, a brand spankin new AP1200GTO :)

Thanks Howard! Much appreciated. Chuck Anyway, Cable will I

Hey Jeff, Clever idea using the slip joints in that way. The housings shouldn't really be all that tight in the first place (I hope! As I've said before - Don't think lug nuts!). The alternate

Howard -- Nicely done. When unscrewing mine, I used a pair of slip-joint pliers across the inner ring, with a tooth of one jaw in the gap in the ring, and a piece of cardstock opposite to keep the

The Mach1GTO uses a different connector at its motor boxes. In fact, it uses a similar connector to the one that is used on the keypad. (It is the six pin version. The keypad uses the five pin

Howard, What is different about the Mach1 cable? I am surprised that it is different! Larry Anyway, Cable will I

Howard, This is great and I thank you for making it available! I just looked at it and it is very nicely laid out and lucid. When you have something similar for the Mach1GTO, can you please post a

Very cool! Thanks. Bryan Anyway, Cable will I

Anthony, Chuck, Richard and all the Gang! I'm sorry this took so long, but I had to start from scratch. Anyway, if you go to our Tech Support section on the website and look under either 900GTO or