concerned indicator with I notice that you are using DOVELM mounting plate for your 10" MCT, I started with that same mounting plate for my 900 mount but the plate felt just too undersized for my

Greg Mueller made some 14" long DoveLM replacements--see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gto/message/1625 (unfortunately the pic is no longer up) I'm no physicist, but shouldn't this decrease the

Hi, I'm using a 17.25" Losmandy dovetail bar on the AP 10" Mak and am concerned about flexure in the bar. I measured the flexure with a dial indicator with the setup depicted

In a message dated 2/10/2001 3:06:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, jmarietta@... writes: << But I tightened down all these areas and still get the play in the Dec axis. Is this normal? >> You

In a message dated 2/10/2001 2:45:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, markdambrosio@... writes: << Seeing the production AP 10" Mak-1200GTO at Astrofest last year, Roland was using what looked like

In a message dated 2/10/2001 2:03:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, GoTo@... writes: << 7075 has about twice the strength of the more commonly used 6061. I'm not sure what is used for the

Roland Christen wrote: I've used this company's DC motors for several applications in my lab. They've been in service for over seven years.

during the 6 Very impressive numbers... won't have may have to Glad you caught the gad... Thanks Roland.... Tim

Hi all, Question on calibration. Once you have the scope polar aligned, do you have to go through the actual north star alignment or two star alignment procedure again. Why can't you simply find a

Just got on the 900 mfg list (long wait, and I don't recall when I signed on). I have a couple questions which I could not find in the this groups archive. How is the tracking with this puppy?

In a message dated 2/9/01 4:32:52 PM Central Standard Time, sjruss55@... writes: << Below 20 degs, would it be better to slow my slew speed down a little to play it safe? BTW are all the servo

In a message dated 2/9/01 4:20:44 PM Central Standard Time, jmarietta@... writes: << Why can't you simply find a star and sync the mount? >> You can. Go to 2 star, enter a star, press goto,

In a message dated 2/9/01 2:49:36 PM Central Standard Time, potentate@... writes: << How is the tracking with this puppy? Like how many arc-seconds in the Periodic Error of the worm? Also

David- What I meant in my example was that the scope could move anywhere from Horizontal (0 deg.) up to 74 degrees altitude before the back of the scope runs into the tripod. So you would set the

I plan to. jg --- John Gleason --- dvj@... --- http://www.celestialimage.com

The test setup (control box, motors, cables) included the new chip. They did not have the older chip version to test and did not realize that this would be an issue. We are working together and will

It is not available yet since they are finishing up some other features also. According to Dan it will be available in a few weeks. Marjorie Christen Astro-Physics Phone: 815-282-1513 Fax:

To all, Software Bisque has made the new version 5.00.012 available to us for beta testing. It is not available on their web site at this point. They are finishing up some other features in the

I can not find this update on their web site unless it's been pulled due to this problem. Steve chris1011@... wrote: