Can anyone tell me what load these mounts were intended to carry, Gerald....
Gerald Sargent
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Sep 1, 2008 9:53 am
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Gerald -- From the AP website: 400: Approximately 18 lbs. (8.2 kg) scope and accessories, depending on length. Will accommodate many refractors up to 5" f8,...
... I was thinking along the same lines and had a similar reply drafted when I realized that quite a few imagers use higher end digital SLR's such as Canon...
... Modelling software does not eliminate guiding, it aids in pointing. There is one mount that CAN use the info from modelling to improve tracking, but it is...
... Better explain that viewpoint. With any of my scopes, a properly polar aligned AP mount, properly synchronized, will put any object anywhere on the sky...
... control it ... screen. ... modelling ... work. ... Yes, you are absolutely correct. What was I thinking? Even on a computer it is only correcting pointing....
I believe there is some misunderstand what modeling (any modeling, programs like T-point on the computer or built-in modeling as on Losmandy Gemini) can do. It...
I am repeating (unknowingly) previous posts. Sorry. As for improvement of tracking (in RA - Dec drift is solely the result of polar misalignment), Ray Gralak's...
With either of my telescopes, aligning with the polar alignment scope each time I set up is not sufficiently accurate to place an object near the center of the...
Modeling is one of the good features of Losmandy/Gemini. There are, however, some unrelated problems, not insurmountable but bit annoying from time to time. ...
LN, I moved from the Gemini on a MI-250 and this controller is easy to learn, and although it does not have the modeling I have not found that it is really...
Modeling programs like T-Point can not correct for "mirror flop". If the mirror stays in a stable position on one side of the meridian and flops to a stable...
Interesting point. I may be mistaken, but Gemini modeling seems to take care of the mirror flop (meridian flop). As a matter of fact, one cannot get reasonable...
... I certainly hope that an AP mount brings you more happiness than a Losmandy did. However, it needs to be noted that you are of the belief that guiding a...
Bit mysterious comment. I would LOVE to have a mount, cheap or expensive, that does not guiding. It is an additional hassle to add a guidescope (my attempt to...
In my initial submission starting the modelling topic, I should perhaps have noted that I am one of those who has to set up each time, hence the need for rapid...
Gerald Sargent
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Sep 2, 2008 1:19 am
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LN, I have found that my guiding is much less demanding with either my 1200 or Mach1 than any of my past mounts. I no longer guide at a longer focal length...
Thanks for your info but I have not been able to figure out what you mean by using SBIG eFinder. At one dealer's website (optcorp.com) it is described as a...
Or, an OAG. Alan Astrophotography: http://www.pbase.com/avoetsch12952 Clear sky clock: http://cleardarksky.com/c/CttrObORkey.html?1 ... DSLRs do not allow...
Off axis guider? I fiddled with a Meade off axis splitter but could not succeed with an ST7 as guiding camera and Canon DSLR as imaging camera. Did you have a...
Hi Gerald, you must know, that if you setup a mount with the three star alignment the mount is not really polar aligned! The computer only know how to handle...
I'm curious what information the Mach 1 needs from a GPS to enable polar alignment? My AP1200 starts with a question "Location ?" and I can select one of...
Hi, I'm hearing a knocking sound that appears to be coming from rotation around the RA axis. whether moving by hand or slewing, I hear a few knocking sounds...
No, it is the same. Time can be synched with a computer though. ... From: "eddwen2001" <Eddwen@...> To: <ap-gto@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September...
The Mach1GTO has the same servo drive system as the 900GTO and 1200GTO. With the keypad firmware vewrsions of 4.xx, you have up to nine locations that can be...
Hi, I would like to chime-in based on extensive use of the AP mounts in both observatory and portable setups (ap 400, 600, 900, 1200, & Mach1. A. First GPS:...
Hi Group, This post discusses refractor re-collimation after mechanical changes to my AP 155 OTA. I have a few questions about re-collimation. I changed the...
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