The Mach 1 is reviewed in New Products in the Dec. issue, page 37, entitled "Staying on Track" ... A good read .... Dave

Congratulations Marj, and I look forward to the expanded production as I wait eagerly for a Mach 1! Dave

Yes, I saw that part of the discussion ... if it HAS to be plugged in for power, it might just as well be plugged into the mount. I wouldn't want to see that nice display go away just to do away with

The Socket CSA is 2" or less in size, and can get its power from Pin 9 ... you can wire pin 9 on your mount with 5 volts. The adaptor doesn't seem to stick out any further than a DB9 would .... I don'

Roland: users CAN use Bluetooth between their computer and the mount by adding a Bluetooth-Serial adaptor without YOU having to do anything ... And that would be a cheaper solution too ... easier than

Yes, that is true; it will actually have to GO to the home position before it can slew to another object. That is a rather unusual way to use the mount, and I for one have never done it that way. I ju

There is no clutch at all ... those knobs disengage the worm block ... the Paramount will not know where it is if you try to move it that way. The encoders are part of the motor and are not mounted se

You can use a Pocket PC with Bluetooth to connect to your mount with something like a Socket CSA adapter on your mount's serial port. Dave

This very topic was discussed in the April Sky and Telescope in Rick Fienberg's Spectrum article ... A Hubble image shows there is NO light bridge between the two, thus weakening/killing Arp's content

Yes, that would be nice! Dave

Just to be clear: I meant with the AP800 ... the ME doesn't have a polar alignment scope. Dave

Bryan: I certainly wasn't trying to belittle anyone's effort to improve their pointing. I have an older AP800 mount but usually use my Paramount ME when I go portable (although it is usually in my obs

You can still use TPoint with your scope with a computer ... you do not need to have a pointing model in your hand-controller. And if you are doing visual work only, it is unlikely that you would need

Well, since non-orthogonality is corrected by TPoint you can skip that. Likewise, repeatable errors need not be corrected mechanically since TPoint will model them out. You are under-estimating the di

Dave: the whole point of using TPoint is that it fixes repeatable error. It will guide you in getting polar aligned, and will compensate for non-orthogonality, etc. There is no reason to "turn it off"

SmartAstronomy makes cases (satchel ?) that fit my ATS 10" x 36" pier ... I think the one I got was for a large scope, but when they saw me put my pier in it at the WSP 2 years ago, they realized they

That may be a function of how often the display is updated ... I have mine set to update stellar positions every minute, and my LST updates every minute. Dave

For the version number, look under help. Microsoft can come up with some bizarre results at times if you look at the files properties. Dave

Here is the info: Central Florida Electric Cooperative Inc 1124 N Young Blvd P.O. Box 9 Chiefland , FL 32644 (352)493-2511 Dave (site you go to is: "http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegist

Joe: 6 stars are not enough to give you an alignment solution ... I'd do 20-30 points and add a few terms and see what it says ... Dave