Hey Joseph, That looks right but may be too short. You can get them much longer and that gives you some freedom to spread out. I use these connected in the observatory and they are 25' cables.

Thanks Joe!! I'll pursue this tomorrow. And just so you all know---I just went out to my roll-off roof observatory, complete with an AP1200, and an AP160 refractor. I think I should stop

So you had a bad day, good song, lousy feeling. There are few places any more that you can find a real sales person. Most are people trained to run a cash register and make change, if the register

The cable I think you want from radio shack is #26-117 http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2036255&cp=&origkw =db9&kw=db9&parentPage=search I use 2 of them from my EdgePort/4 to the

OK, so my lithium battery got low (no dropping of keypad, and my observatory floor is carpeted plywood). This corrupted the database making it unusable. Spent the day in upstate NY looking for an

Mal: I've used the STV with two different AP1200GTOs and it needs no relay box. The guider cable runs from the STV 'box' to the guider connection on the 1200. Works great. Kent Kirkley

Just sort of curious about the .75 and .67 reducers, how well would they work with a classical cass system, f/12? Would either of them be better suited for CCD work? Other than reducing, is there

Fraid so. Don't think you'll find the battery at RadioShack though. I work (semi-retired) at a RadioShack and it's not available there. Either a local Battery Plus or similar is your best

Thanks---found all the info, I'll make a trip to Radio Shack tomorrow, and give it a go! Once the database is restored, do I need to re-enter all the info I put in when I initialized the mount? (site

There are step by step instructions on the website under support that tell you everything you could ever want to know about both replacing the battery as well as downloading the database and uploading

Sorry- just did a search and it does appear that the lithium battery is the culprit. Has anyone here reloaded the database, or should I send it in? Unfortunately I'm profoundly

It's possible. You can use a planetarium program or Ray's Pulse Guide program to operate the system thus bypassing the hand controller. I would probably replace the battery as well as upload the

Not sure what would cause a corrupt database after using it for 4 years with no problem. No lightning, etc. But who knows? The 3 volt lithium battery is the original---could that cause the

Sounds like a corrupt database. Steve

Hi--- Tonight my 1200 mount started acting screwy: When using the goto to find M13, for example, I get the following gibberish: Messier number: 013 Mag: 68.12 con: Type:

back by popular demand: the last batch of scope covers sold out very fast and several people had inquired about getting more of them so i have ordered and received another batch of them these are

Hey, don't be worrying about my posts! Just be sure to get Roland's replies into some sort of coherent document. I am pretty sure I understand it all completely now and hopefully many others have

I have been looking for help with the use of the ASCOM Astro-Physics GTO Mount driver. I have not been able to find a help file for it. Specifically use of the buttons and check boxes in the

Does the keypad adjust RA/Dec for atmospheric refraction, or does the servo, or is it not performed at all? -- Jeff.

The moths were interested in their first "light". Anthony.