Spooky cool Roland. I especially like the high resolution in the core showing the 6 Trap stars and not blown out. Well done Sensi Roland. Jeff

Just wonderful! Very similar to it visually.. Jeff

You all are amazing, talented folks and thanks for sharing your work. Jeff

"I use a power meter to monitor the voltage at the CP power input: https://www.astro-physics.com/cabppwm This tells me all I need to know." Cool Roland. Will probably get one. How is that wired in at

You made two changes, the power supply and the cable routing (I assume you are talking about the DC cable from the supply to the CPO box). What were your ambient temperature, slew speeds and did you c

Got out the long focal guy, my old AP 178 F9 pre-ED Starfire and grabbed this shot as it drifted overhead.

I wonder how many of our middle fingers it has detected.....

My AP900 GOTO held my TEC 200ED nicely and slewed it around and tracked the heavens just fine. Fully configured it weighed in at 60 pounds and was ~70" long with the dew shield so there was plenty of

The AP1200 is still a mighty fine mount. Congrats! Jeff

Great googly woogly. Well done!

When we built our Park's observatory using an old 16' dome with an 8" F13 achromat on an AP1200, we got into an analysis paralysis about biasing the pier position. Eventually, we said screw it and put

Nice post Chip and nice bit of introspection and questioning Jim and I hope you stay simply to challenge the group from time to time...but also I find your postings quite valuable. Jeff

Wow, great planetary images! Just a few questions: 1. Where do you live? 2. What time do you go to work and return? 3. Can a van back up to your door? 4. And, importantly, do you have any large dogs?

Brian, being a long time AP customer dating back to the 80's, I have photos of some of the hardware from back then as well as a few film shots taken. Are you interested in stuff of that vintage? Jeff

Oh my William, what a grand set up your father-in-law had. What ever became of it? Jeff

Very nice Jim! Jeff

👌👍 Major cool. As I see it so often, is there any cure for the wire infestations? 🤔

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Ok, my turn. A line up of AP suspects, my venerable 1200 slinging my TEC 200ED around (a GREAT combination) and my venerable AP400 QMD supporting my TEC 140ED (another GREAT combination). All visual,

About 6-7 years ago, while swapping out my 1100 mount for a nice 1200, when I went to separate the Dec from the RA, hundreds of dead Asian Lady and Stink bugs poured out of the two assemblies. The mou