Superb image. I know how bad the sky is from Palo Alto, living in SJ. -jg

Mark, Pay the Piper. Buy the 1100. Sell the G11, you'll not buy another mount again. And if you don't like the 1100, it's an easy aftermarket sell. - j

Patrick, Look into the Losmandy HD tripod/pier that AP offers. Leveling and height adjustment, folding, easy storage. I use it with my 1100 and I love it. (PS: The wife will too) - jg

But sadly, as soon as a notification list opens. Every ap fan boy has to get on it. Production fills, and those who could really use it are waiting years. Make no mistake, I'm a fan boy. By the time t

Some thoughts on small, portable mounts. The ultimate in portability and load carrying capability is the Rainbow Astro RST-135. Not inexpensive, but innovative with lots of potential. For short focus

Just match pixel size to focal length. High qe camera helps too. Some of the new backilluminated cmos cameras allowing binning would be excellent. J Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolu

Definitely try taking an image without your flattener and shooting without any filter? May be a process of elimination, backtracking the cause. If you have or can borrow a different camera, I would al

Yes! Fits in the frank. J Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone

And there is a hefty state tax to pay on the purchase. Most folks if they are going to spend this much on a telescope mount will gladly pay more for it. Yes, the costs do add up. Sales tax, shipping,

Its fairly easy to set up chrome remote on your notebook at the telescope so you can operate all pc functions from the 2nd pc in the warm and comfortable home. -jg Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, a

People use counterweights? Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone

While interesting, the POD internally is very small. I found it cramped for space with my Mach 1 and FSQ, with minimal access to the sky unless you push the dome completely off. You must account for t

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:51 AM Stone, Jack G <jack.g.stone@...> wrote: My apologies – Did an invite go out from one of the clubs in the bay area? How would one be graciously acknowledged? There

That was supposed to have had a photo with it. Oops. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone

Great night's observing ahead. -bs

I routinely travel with my 1100GTO mount. Attaching or removing the dec axis takes less than a minute and the resulting individual components are lightweight and easy to pack. It's all the other stuff

Over-mounting reasons are obvious. I have typically run my Tak FSQ with 16803 camera, filter wheel, atlas focuser, guidescope on my AP 1200. Not over-mounted by any means. I can also carry my 155 edf

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I'm always amazed that folks buy really big, expensive telescopes, then want to undermount them. So it has always been in this hobby, so it shall always be. j

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In my humble opinion, my 1100 is just adequate for the AP 10" by itself. I would probably only be satisfied with a 1600 under it. But I am weird that way. ;-) -j

Yep, T-ripper is good to process 1000 mosaic tiles done with 16803. -jg