I'll be there too. Look forward to meeting you! Ken Astro-Imaging Conference on October 26-28 in San Jose. I understand that there are only about 25 spaces left for additional participants. Check

Hi Tom, No offense taken! I wasn't aware that ECU uses sound but I'm guessing it's not for the same purpose. I'm guessing in ECU it is used to signal how close you are pointing to a target object

you adjust the reach the the mount I got a chuckle out of this, as a similar feature has been in ECU (Earth Centered Universe) Planetarium Software I've used for years. No offense meant, and I hope

Thank you, Paul and Michael, for your advise on this. Evidently the solution was much simpler than I was making it out to be. A hop, skip and a waddle up to the local electronics store had me fixed

I'll be there. - John Gleason

h-alpha Thanks Stuart. I must admit that it is a lifesaver for me given the low QE of the ST-2k especially in the red. I use double luminance layering and it seems to work for me quite well. Thanks

Clever! Marj Christen Astro-Physics, Inc 11250 Forest Hills Road Machesney Park, IL 61115 Phone: 815-282-1513 Fax: 815-282-9847 www.astro-physics.com Please include this e-mail with your

Anthony, nicely done! I love the RRGB approach even on these very h-alpha dominant targets! Stuart

Dear group, In a mad rush to beat the arrival of the full moon shortly, I sat down last night to pursue the PacMan Nebula in Cassiopeia. For the result based on over 5 hrs total exposure (RRGB @

Anthony, very nice, as usual ;-))) Gilles

Hi Marj, I'll be attending. I'm looking forward to meeting you, Roland, and the other AP folks in person. ;>) Best Regards, Kurt Mihalco Carlsbad, CA Astro-Imaging Conference on October 26-28 in San

Marj, Roland and some other people on the AP staff will attend the Astro-Imaging Conference on October 26-28 in San Jose. I understand that there are only about 25 spaces left for additional

What I do in PEMPro V2's polar alignment feature is I let the user select a star (any star) and I show them the direction that the star should be moved. You can then toggle between the current

Yep, I use the full crosshairs align on PAM as well, but it's tricky if your initial pointing is bad enough that the bright star you're supposed to be centering starts off screen. There's no

Hi Dean, Congrats! I hope to have my AP1200 up and running. Some day.... I use PAM all the time to refine the (already wonderful) initial polar alignment of my (cough) Takahashi EM200 (sorry) using

Well I got a nice suprise last night when using CCD Commander. I let the program do what it wanted to get the exposure for the guide star through the H-Alpha filter and it was around 18 second

Yes, that's a better idea. I was just concerned that you had recommended to others that they could remove it. Marj Christen Astro-Physics, Inc 11250 Forest Hills Road Machesney Park, IL 61115

Tom, I use a Radio Shack 15 ft 9 pin RS232 cable with an IOGEAR GUC232A USB/Serial adapter on my AP400. Michael ----------

Yes Marj, you are correct. In my case, I shortened my center bolt enough so it did not protrude below the bottom. Clear skies, Edd Weninger It is needed to keep the mount centered when you are

I just discovered something cool I am using the baader narrowband set on the ap180edt f/9 right now. first time to use them on anything but the pentax 6x7 lenses (150, 200, 300mm so far) anyway on