chuck_olson@... writes: It doesn't fail. Even with poor alignment, you will find stuff at low power. If you stay in one area, you can center a bright star in your finder or low power ocular,

If polar alignment is not accurate, goto will not be accurate. I complained about this quite sometime ago and was told that it was doubtful that it would change. It has been awhile, but IIRC, there

That review was well done. IIRC, it was also the last time they have reviewed an AP scope or mount until this latest fluff piece. Gus

My mount is the parallax 125 with the ap gto, the only other gto telescope I have owned is the lx200. Obviously gem mounts made by ap,parallax and others are superior in build quality and are more

Chuck, Polar alignment does improve tracking... but it also "teaches" the mount where it is - call that point A - so that it can get from point A to any other point. But do not be concerned. It is

Hmmm, most of the mounts and DSC's I've used have a way to accomodate less than perfect polar alignment, through the use of more than one alignment star. I'm not an AP900GTO owner yet, so this

spend on Believe it or not Astronomy had a very comprehensive review on AP refractors and mounts, 400, 600 & 1200 back in Sept 1993. Obviously things have changed for the worse and the current

Hi all, I may not be able to answer Email for a couple of days. Our service provider, @Link, is going under, and we are scrambling to find an alternative. This is happening in Illinois and

I think the article speaks for it's self! Doesn't say much for JPL either. I wouldn't put my name behind such a piece, "puff piece" or not, goes to credibility. There's simply no excuse. I don't know

In a message dated 5/2/01 9:26:56 PM EST, ap-gto@... writes: << That's one of the comments that makes me wonder how much time they really spent with these mounts. With no experience

Whatever that article was, or was pretending to be, it was not a review. From: Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky butchered a or

I just tried it with the 600EGTO while looking at sunspost with the 130 f/8.3. I didn't give it an extensive workout, but it seemed fine. I bought both power supplies so I could separate the dew

The reviewer is not an idiot by any means. I happen to know him as does almost anyone whose attended RTMC. IIRC he's an active ATM and a staff astronomer with JPL. I am not sure what exactly he was

mention of the built-in some something any have no such people, equatorial. degree azimuth its goto of field Robin: I use for my 1200 GoTo the Radio Shack 22-504. It is rated at 13.8V and is

You can also increase the length of the cable from the mount to the GTO box and put it in something protective below the scope. AP will sell you longer cables. Kind of expensive or you can simply

Hi All, I hope all of you have written Astronomy Mag and voiced your displeasure with the piece. They can't fix it if they don't know its broken. The first booth I'm going to at TSP will be theirs

Hi "yellowwducky": I was amazed by that article---even compared to the usual "simplified" approach that Astronomy mag has espoused, this review is incredibly superficial! I have both the G-11 and the

Mountain Instruments is selling, for the MI-250 GOTO (Gemini), the: Calrad DVP-312 Regulated DC Power Supply, Model No. 45-735A for $59.00 "Output 13.8V DC 3 Amp Regulated 5 Amp Surge Current

Well, they _can_ be objective, but you have to have, you know, standards. Ron Wodaski The New CCD Astronomy http://www.newastro.com

I use a 400 GTO, but the electronics are much the same, so... On the 12V issue: I use a Radio Shack 13.8V power supply (nominal 12V), 3-amp, and have taken literally thousands of images, up to 30