I pimped out my AP wood tripod for my Mach1GTO with a Lapides spreader (not pictured), control box bracket, solid tray, and eyepiece tray. Pics are in the Mach1GTO folder in the Photos section of this

I'm fairly confident that the AP wooden tripod is as good as they get but I'm not sure what to expect compared to a typical portable pier. Does anyone have any experience with the AP wooden

Hi Roland, Speaking about the Mach1GTO and internal cable routing, I have not been able to get the large polar scope adapter from the end. I don't recall there being a hole to slip a screwdriver into

Were this even reasonably feasible, one would run a serious risk of aircraft interference and the potential resulting FAA consequences.

How about machining the laser into the polar axis cap on the DEC shaft housing? Yep, just bore it out in the drillpress. B^) I used a laser once or twice with the G11 by just sticking it up the

Ok, this might be dumb but I wonder if either a single laser beam could be split into several precisely aimed beams (or just several separate lasers) could be made to point at several of the

Oh....Plllleeeaaaasssssseeee !!!! Now aren't we getting lazy now. :)))) Kent Kirkley ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Is there a way to put a green laser into the Ap 900 polar alignment view. so you can point The green laser toward Polaris You won't need to look to the Puller alignment scope Only for fine tuning

jamesw767@... writes: You probably can make some sort of adapter, but Polaris is not at the North Pole. It's off by 3/4 degree. Rolando ************************************** See what's

Hi Roland, I think this statement is true...can you confirm? If the mount is set to initialize from something other than the keypad (e.g. PulseGuide or the ASCOM driver), even if the power is cycled

valueware@... writes: If the mount was parked it will not start tracking until it is initialized. If it was not parked previously, it will begin to track when power is applied, initialized or

In my Sirius Observatory fiberglass panels. I operate my AP1200GTO mount on a Pyramid 12V power source. This has the typical red illuminated rocker switch. I plug my power supply into a surge

In response to your query.....NOTHING HAPPENED! That was my point! I had a BRIEF moment of lucidity when I was building the observatory and I wanted to encourage others that a little red light can

Hi Phil, What happemed? Phil Dombrowski <phil.dombrowski@...> wrote: Just to make others feel better that they are not alone in the idiot department....I am the CAPTAIN of the U.S.S.

Just to make others feel better that they are not alone in the idiot department....I am the CAPTAIN of the U.S.S. IDIOT that all of us sail on at one time or another! When I built my observatory 23+

I would like to see a hand controller with the power of an Argo Nevis, or the possibility of hooking an Argo directly to the mount. Mal programming other things

Hi Joe, No problem. We are all here to help and share. I wish the opposite was true where the right arrow, for example, can be used to increase the intensity upon what is currently available. I used

Yes Roland, ... But don't you customize the keypad firmware for AP? Even though the keypad unit is made elsewhere, I thought your programming staff could make the suggested feature addition. It

As a few of you have said make a list. I will have one from now on. I have the mount plugged in to a converter. I always kill the power from the converter (well not this time). Roland thanks for

Thanks Anthony - I missed that in the manual. Sure wish there was an index in it, especially for new owners like myself, to find such info quickly. I guess I will have to make one for myself. Joe