Hi folks, We've been doing a number of tests to find some of the bugs that people have reported. One of the bugs was an error in the position of the mount...
Hi all, I just uploaded an image of M13 to the files section. This image of M13 was taken with the 10" Mak-Cass - LRGB 20/10/10/10 minutes exposure with SBIG ...
Hello, Can anyone tell me where the AP1200 waiting list is at down to the month and year. Trying to get some idea about when I will be able to purchase one...
Hi gang, I recently upgraded from Maxim 4.06 to 4.10 version. I used it for the first time, last week. I was using the same setup as usual: 900 GTO, 155EDF,...
Maybe some can help me with this. I am struggeling a little bit with TheSky 5.00.108 and my AP1200 GTOCP3. I suppose TheSky is sending wrong timezone...
A fine presentation, Dennis! Your imaging and processing skills are getting noticeably better with each post. I guess you're on the steep side of the learning...
Many of you have read the articles in Sky and Telescope and Astronomy magazines highlighting the upcoming Deep Impact NASA experiment. I imaged the comet on...
I have a 10" RC mounted on my AP900GTO and use (currently) a ring mounted Tak FS 78 @ f/6 to guide with. When I was using the ST8XE internal guide chip I would...
Greetings, How have you handled insuring the RA and DEC assemblies when shipping VIA UPS or Fedex? I've just sold mine and am about to ship it from Connecticut...
Here is my LRGB image of the Leo Trio: http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm 50 minute lum and 20 minute each RGB; True Technology Filters; SXV-H9 and...
Has anyone noticed any strange behavior when using the latest production AP1200 mount and TheSky6? The odd behavior occurs when TheSky's "Motion Controls" are...
Dear Group, I have processed an image of the galaxy Trio in Leo, taken with an ST10XME camera + CFW8 through a TEC 140mm scope on an overloaded AP400GTO mount....
Many visitors to my New Images page have informed me that Thor was a Viking, and not a Roman. Hence my allusion to a Roman helmet was incorrect. My image...
Last night I experienced erratic mount behavior as described below. It has happened perhaps ten times in the year and 150 observing sessions since I got the...
Here is a Hydrogen-alpha narrow-band image of Thor's Helmet: http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm Eighty minutes in 20-minute subframes with E160 at f/3.3 and...
The other night I went to Recal on alpha Comae via Tour/Constellation and it is not in the database (4.12). How can this be? Beta and gamma stars were there,...
I have a question I wonder if I might be able to get some insight into. The Setup: I have the AP900. It is permanently mounted and I recently did a drift ...
If I try to connect The Sky 6.0.0.33 to my AP 600 GTO mount using Tele API through ASCOM's(version 4.1 with the most recent AP diver) POTH, a link occurs but...
Hello, I'm interested in any information on the AP1200 as a genuinely robotic mount, when compared with the Paramount ME. In particular, its robustness with...
I am using PulseGuide to initialize my 1200 and I have The Sky set to TZ 8 and North American DST. When I initialize what TZ should I set PulseGuide to 8 or 7...
Hello, My Uncle (and good friend) passed away over the holidays and I've inherited his telescope. While I've always had an interest in astronomy, I've never...
I am using an ST-7 autoguiding an AP1200 and that works very well. Getting into multi-filter measurements now, including IR and narrow band filters. Therefore...
I have a trip planned next month for astrophotography in New Mexico and want to know if anyone on this list has shipped their mount before. My plan is to use...
Here is a Hydrogen-alpha narrow-band image of The Rosette Nebula: http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm Two hours in 20-minute subframes with E160 at f/3.3 and...
I am hopeful that I will make the production run this year for an AP900, and so will be looking for a portable pier. I am hoping that folks here might be able...
I started collecting 110 minutes of luminance data on Friday night. I then continued last evening by starting to collect 100 minutes of exposure time for the...
I have been successfully using MaximDL V 4.07 to point my AP1200 using the catalog and center commands under the Telescope tab running Windows 98SE on a Dell...
Tim (and others), did your Bluetooth connection work out? With the hardware mentioned below? I have The Sky PE running on a HP IPAQ 4700 and would like to...
I have read through a number of very informative posts in the group archives concerning this subject; especially one by Roland where he mentions that it is...
