Thanks Roland,

jmarietta@... writes: That works. Roland Christen

mikemah@... writes: The best strategy is to give me a call with your mount in front of you, all set up, ready to run. I can then take you thru some checkout procedures that can determine

mikemah@... writes: No, this is not set at the proper rate since the Parallax gears are different. Your problem may be very simple. Try connecting the RA cord to your dec motor. See if

tedi@... writes: Your polar altitude axis may be either too low or too high. This can be set with a "drift" alignment. The idea is to eliminate the drift by raising or lowering the axis.

jmarietta@... writes: The scope will not automatically flip when crossing the meridian. This would ruin countless atrophotos. It will only switch sides when you decide to do so (by entering

Regarding my RA drift problem, I ran more tests tonite. I found that it is not related to PEC. I took a set of short exposure pictures over a period of an hour, at intervals of one minute. When

I never got the chance to get to one or two star alignment as the keypad froze at location choice in startup and the mount would not slew. If the control box is the problem, I wonder if I can use

The best mount is the one that gets used. I see, you just shovel it in the back of the convertible. Makes sense. Especially when you are stuck behind them on the wonderful twisty roads of Carmel

Robin Casady wrote: I hope I didn't give you the wrong impression. The 900 IS a more substantial mount, as is the 1200 more substantial than the 900 (and each is not that much more of a $$$ jump

The Tak TSC 225 OTA I mentioned is 27 lbs. unloaded. Add aluminum dew shield, cameras, etc. I always thought Corvettes were much heavier than Ferraris. In race cars that is NOT a good thing. Do your

Hi all I have the same configuration (C14+AP900GTo),i use this for ccd imaging with my mx916 but if there is the slightest wind,it is very difficult to obtain good image (cause of medium

Massimo, I have a C-14 mounted on an AP1200 GTO. It's an older orange tube, which is somewhat heavier than the newer black tubes (50 vs. 40 lbs). If you are going to do strictly visual work then

road Looks like I can save some money and not worry about a custom configured Q7 to shed a few pounds - I would be WAY under your 42 pounds. I fully intend on using the scope/mount for

Thanks Roland

Tim, I would say the same, about 30 % of the time. I checked the local time, local date, local location on both the computer, and hand controller. Joe

I asked the same question of Marj and she asked what I would be using it for. I said "eventually CCD" and she suggested I go with the 1200. She said the 900 would probably work but it would be safer

I ordered a 900 GTO mount and I would like put on it a C14 OTA. Is ok this mount for C14 or the 1200 GTO is necessary? Thanks. Massimo Penna.

yellowwducky wrote: My heaviest (and longest) scope is an f5.9, 203mm Mak-Newt, tipping the scales at 42 pounds (without the T5 EP :o) and coming in at 61" (with the baffled dew shield). While I

case I started thinking about it and I think you are probably right. My amplifier weighs 125 pounds and its case is about 35-40 I would approximate. Assuming that same kind of ratio, that would