Hi everyone: Visual vs. CCD is a very interesting debate, as is the optimization of AP products for visual use. However, I think we have strayed from the AP GOTO topic so let's take the rest of this d

Awesome image Ray! What are the details? Camera, exposures, processing, etc... Inquiring minds want to know! ;-) -- Clear Skies! Mark Jenkins markj@... http://www.pcsincnet.com/astronomy/

Mike Roth wanted to post some diagrams of his daytime orthogonality method (Sorry, Mike, I'm at work and can't send a normal e-mail back to you). E-groups will butcher some attachments, and sometimes

Hi to everyone. Well, I got that phone call today and my 400 GTO mount will be arriving in about a couple of weeks. I'm on the list for the 130mm, the future permanent resident of the 400 but, in the

With all the concerns about non-orthogonality I have a question regarding T Point software. My setup will be portable, does T Point have a polar alignment routine like AP's or does it show and correct

Those great shots that Ray Gralak has been posting were taken from Lassen National Park. Here is my rendering of the night there: http://www.celestialimage.com/page111.html That's an AP 130 f/8 on 400

As a software engineer for a huge online company I understand Rich's caution completely. I also understand (pretty darn well) the way the virus' exploit Outlook Express and other programs/technologies

PLEASE no more graphics attachments posted to the list! If you want to do this type of sharing do it off line PLEASE -- Greg Mueller I killed Kenny, m'kay?

When I initially set up ap-gto and ap-ug, there was no setting for attachments. Since there has been protest (with good reason) I have instructed egroups to discard any e-mail attachments. I addition,

OK, after a couple of years of saving money, and almost that much time on the notification/order list, my new 400GTO was delivered a week ago. I was able to get the wood tripod, a couple of counter we

We have seen a big increase in this normally quiet group. This is a good thing, but some have asked me to be able to limit the number of e-mails they receive. Go to www.egroups.com and sign in. From t

I have requested a manual in advance to try to get myself familiar with the mount before it's arrival, whenever that may be. I have no idea when the production run will start but thought that reading

Here is an image of the Trifid nebula from Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northeastern California. It was taken with my 10" RC Optical Systems Ritchey (at f/9), ST-8E, riding on my AP 1200GTO mount.