Jerry, You will be pleasantly surprised....... Marj Christen Astro-Physics, Inc 11250 Forest Hills Road Machesney Park, IL 61115 Phone: 815-282-1513 Fax: 815-282-9847

Looks like it will come in between $19-20K, depending on the final configuration and number of mounts we produce in a run (the more mounts, the better the break on the material and the setup costs are

15K for that mount? You are going to be sadly disappointed. Meade sells their big mount for that $30K, surely an AP mount must be worth, I would guess, 2-3 times that much. The Takahashi EM-2500

Rolando and Marj, Many congrats on the latest addition to the family! Now if only you can introduce a "suitable" scope for this new beast ... and, yes, please sign me up automatically right now for

congratulations! it looks beautiful and I want one NOW! rdc Marj <marj@...> wrote: Hi all, Roland kept our secret (barely) <g>. He was bursting at the seams. We

nicknamed - El Capitan. How fittting that we introduce it with Yosemite so near to San Jose (well, compared to IL). dwarfs teh 1200GTO. this afternoon....... Marj, that is HUGE! All the talk in

Dean S wrote: A 253mm RC makes a heck of a guidescope for the FSQ <g> So it *is* multi-functional. Bill -- William R. Mattil : http://www.celestial-images.com

Sounds like the counter weights are cheap, but those counter-counter weights will really cost ya??

Rick Wiggins wrote: HI Rick, Exactly the approach that I took except that I added a 253mm RCOS RC as ballast. <lol> A bit more money but hardly any wait <g> Regards Bill -- William R.

Hi all, Roland kept our secret (barely) <g>. He was bursting at the seams. We are so excited to introduce our HUGE new GTO mount, which we have nicknamed - El Capitan. How fittting that we

I can detect a small amount of backlash in both the RA and Dec axis of my recently received AP1200. I am wondering whether this could be caused by a change in temperature from the factory to the

This will be great for that 20" RC I'll never get :-) Regards, Chuck

looks really nice to me! One thought though: for a really big "observatory scope" it would seem to be advantageous to have a fork mount: no meridian swap needed I wonder if there will

Woof!!! What a Monster...joe :) "May You Go Among The Imperishable Stars" Joe Mize StarFields Observatory http://www.cav-sfo.com/ Chiefland, FL 29:24'33.4"N 82:51'37.7"W

Gulp. What size pier is that on? 12"? -- Jeff. ________________________________ From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf Of Dean S Sent: Friday, October 26,

Way to go Dean. I just checked the tracking on mine. Instead of Monday dlivery, it is supposed to arrive this morning. About 6 weeks after placing the initial order. Alan --- Dean S <dean@...>

New big daddy mount!!!!!! http://www.astro-physics.com/

Thanks all for the replies and opinions. I just placed my order for the 1200 :)))))) My reasoning is........... It will be in the observatory most of the time. Star Parties about 6x a year for

Hi Bill, I have found that putting an AP 155 with extension, field flattener, and STL11k under the FSQ will mitigate the balancing issue! It may create some economic issues however. Thanks,

Nah, the 1200 will just move to being my portable mount. (Kidding.) -- Jeff. ________________________________ From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf Of Dean