Hi Roland How far back does your testing of mounts go? I have one of the first GOTO mounts from 1999 and am satisfied with the PE of around +/- 2 arc secs,...
In a message dated 7/1/2006 2:42:27 AM Central Daylight Time, ... We started lab testing our mounts in May of 2004 so that we could certify the performance....
... I just programmed a june 2006 ap1200 last weekend w/ pempro. The PE was +3.0/-2.9 when using Linear Drift Fitting. Just to be clear on terminology, this is...
Roland, I will give it all another go (it may be clear here tonight). I have used Pempro and got 5 sessions with at least 2-4 worm cycles per session. All gave...
Roland, Thanks for that. I unsoldered the offending wire, did the three finger salute, reprogrammed the firmware with V4.12 and following a suggestion from ...
I caught this rock but it was tough! Could not have done it without a very good goto mount. The MPC ephemerides were off, the cloud cover broke just in...
I used to experience a lot of interaction between these adjustments until I solved my flexture issues. I don't get that so much any more. You should only be...
Mike, great shots! My family was really interested in this "near earth planet killer" :-) After they saw your movie, they really got a better appreciation of...
Hi, Yahoo forums are great! Do you want to have a direct link to your image to the forum? You can have your own space with your images colected with password. ...
After coming back to my observatory after nearly a year due to a back problem I noticed that the keypad kept displaying the start-up screen: Astro-Physics Ver:...
In a message dated 7/4/2006 1:16:27 PM Central Daylight Time, ... That's usually an indication that the servo is not communicating with the keypad. The keypad...
Hello, For sale: Astro-Physics 180 EDF F7 Refractor 7.1 inch refractor very few made. 1200 GTO Mount + keypad Full Pier Guide Scope plus loads extras. all...
Thanks Dave. I understand that the traditional method of drift alignment is to slew back and forth between the meridian and a star in the East, but I was...
Hi group, When I adjust RA worm gear backlash by following instructions on AP website (going for hammer), can I go too tight? I mean that can I have it too...
In a message dated 7/5/2006 12:40:31 PM Central Daylight Time, ... When you adjust the worm backlash, you need to check the tightness by rotating the large...
Roland, You mentioned 'hold-down screws'. Does this mean that you loose both screws, not just one as the instruction says? Pete ... AP ... I have ... on ... by...
I understand AP is working on a microcode update to the CP3 controller that will integrate with Ray Gralak's next PulseGuide rev. Any idea when this might be...
If you read Bruce Johnston's articles articles on Polar Alignment, he clearly illustrates why some stars or positions in the sky cannot be used for a single...
... Sure, I understand how doing a drift alignment with flexture present could lead to an incorrect polar alignment, but I wasn't assuming that drift aligning...
Greg, How did the pelican case work out for you and the AP900? Is it practical in terms of size and weight. I hope to take the scope and AP900 to a dark sky ...
Hello, I have placed my AP900 on a rolling platform in order to move my scope in/out of my garage easily. Is is better to keep the clutches tight or loose...
I planned to image this emission nebula in H-a for three hours. Clouds conspired to limit me to 4 x 15 minutes. I software average- binned the images 2x2 in...
Hi, I am about to install PemproAP for the first time. The program suggests downloading a Microsoft program. After I did this last time my computer crashed...
Hi Ruben, The Microsoft installation required is called the 1.1 .Net Framework and is NOT installed by default with Windows XP. And I doubt that installing...
Thanks Ray, I have intstalled the 1.1 .Net and my computer lives. Can I trial the full PemPro1.6 for my older AP 900 mount on the same computer that I have...
That came out well Dennis Isn't that also known as NGC6820/NGC6823 or at least aren't those in that same part of the sky? I ask because I have imaged that...
Hi Richard, Thanks for the comments. NGC 6823 is embedded in Sh2-86, occupying a small part of it. NGC 6820 occupies a larger fraction of SH2-86. Is my image...
... I think yours is as you said: N up, East to the left. I put mine with West up because I like the way it looks with the pillars upright just a little bit...
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