Oh boy. 😱🤕 That's too bad. I actually find myself grieving a bit like the loss of a friend. I wonder how bad the chip is and if it could be masked. I imagine it's languishing in some closet someplace.

Hey Roland. Yes, you called it your "Mars Lens". I made a straight through bino-friendly (the old Celestron viewer) OTA around it with a Parks fiberglass tube (in retrospect, the fiberglass was not a

That's great Roland and what a wonderful story. Yeah, looking back, the days of film seem down right barbarous today. For lunar/planetary shots, I did the old "hat trick". I'd focus the old Olympus OM

Another great, straight forward reply Roland and thanks. Jeff

Sounds like you and Marj had a great and relaxing time Roland. You all deserve a nice break and thanks for supporting us in our wonderful hobby. Jeff

Great response Howard! Has anyone heard the name "Losmandy"? Jeff

Cool.

Yes, very nice. Was the optic the doublet or triplet? Jeff

"You need a new battery and re-load the database. Rolando" Boom. I just did this myself as well for one of my keypads and I also updated it to the latest firmware. Straight forward to do all, just tak

If you are using the key pad, a dead battery can certainly corrupt the database for the M objects but, as I've experienced, stars and planets will slew to just fine. So it's odd that you got errant sl

Love it!

Impressive Wade! I find an appealing, almost ghostly quality to it. Well done. Jeff

Boy, real catalogs in the mail, with no software to help prepare them. Making even simple catalogs was an art form. I had two of the 4" F6's. One of my many AP APO related regrets was not keeping one.

You can easily identify which battery you have when you open up the keypad and compare it to the pictures of the multiple versions shown on the AP website. Just be careful and do it slowly. But George

Drivers. It's always been the drivers for me. I had trouble with the brand new adapter from AP. Even though the PC said it was ready for use....it wasn't. Snooping around on device manager showed a bu

Just had this happen to me as well. The custom battery is a bit expensive but once in every 10 to 12 years ain't too bad. Removal and installation of the battery requires care but is straightforward a

Captivating! Well done! Jeff

Awesome and thanks! Send it to NASA! Jeff

#Mach2GTO

Either way it shows what the old iron...I mean aluminum.....is capable of.

Impressive side-by-side Mike. Thanks! Jeff