I have a question about my AP155 mounted on a AP 600E GoTo mount flexing. This is permanently mounted on a very stable 9" steel pier with an AP 15" sliding...
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Roland and/or anybody else who can help answer a question, I think it is accepted knowledge that no matter the quality of the mount, there will always be a...
I setup my AP600E Goto and a 6" f/10 Mak-cas. to view Mars last night. I polar aligned and began to go from object to object using a 2" 32mm eyepiece. I was...
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Taken last night from Lake Mary Florida RCOS 10" @ F18, AP1200 30 images combined using an Astrovid Planet Cam Deconvolved, Unsharp mask and artificial L...
Hi, We were out having a great little Mars party last night. The mount was on wheely bars so that we could move the scope around and avoid tall trees and the...
Dear friends, I wonder whether AP is still accepting new purchase order of AP 1200 Goto Mount. I ask this, because I faxed the order form to AP on August 22nd...
Hi, I recently acquired a used 400GTO and have tried guiding the mount with my ST4 while piggy backing a camera for wide field shots. This is my first GEM and...
All, I have a pier in my backyard and have, in the past, always set up my AP900GTO for each night I observe. However, now that I spend most of my time...
I recently purchased an AP 600e GTO second hand and have been enjoying showing my wife, daughter and friends Mars through my 130. I am really impressed with...
I currently have one 10" Black GEM Table that fits the AP 1200 in stock. This is rare as I sell out of them as fast as they are being made. Usually an 8-10...
We are finally all packed up and ready to head to Astrofest in the AM. We're bringing the 10" Mak-Cas on 1200GTO and 130EDFS on 900GTO. Hoping to do some solar...
Roland, Is there any plan to make the keypad "switch" from daylight savings to standard time and visa versa automatically? It should be minimal programming....
It seems like this is the Galaxy group to test the system on. I am using the new AP reducer which on my C14 which reduces it down (with the standard AP...
Hello, I received my new AP ccd reducer and I did some testing last night. The purpose of buying this reducer was to hit about F8.5 (around 3000mm) as my...
I was observing Mars last night and my 600E GoTo and AP155 and mount was tracking pretty well from 12:00 until 2:30 am when I wanted to shut down. I sent it to...
Have a few questions about the new compressor being offered by AP. I would like to use this with a C-14 which has an Optec TCF-S focuser,, ST8E, CFW8 and a...
Hi all, I have been using my 900 mount with everything loaded onto it in the house to test it out. Only about 25 pounds of load so basically not much load at...
I've had this problem occur in my AP1200. Yesteday I had this problem occur in my AP400. While the AP1200 I never really figured out what was going on on the...
I received my 900GTO mount this week, and I'm trying to transfer my old Super C-8 telescope which is still attached to the "old" fork mount to the DC8...
Roland, I think the tracking problem I was having with my AP900 was related to improper calibration in Maxim. I rechecked everything last night, from balance,...
Hi All, I had a call this morning form someone who wants to know if the Meade 16" will go on the 1200 mount. He said that the tube weight is 120 lb. That seems...
Hi all! Yes, sincere apologies! My new 900 GTO mount is installed on its tripod since yesterday evening! So, if it becomes to rain for two months.... Gilles...
In a message dated 8/18/2003 11:41:28 PM Central Daylight Time, ... I'm baffled as to what commands could move the mount incrementally. It would have to be a...
My AP900 keypad, with 3.09, began acting strangely last night. First, the mount was not pointing in the right location, so I rechecked the time, date,...
Sunday morning, August 17th had a wonderful clear and transparent sky, but the seeing was what I would call garbage. Still, the air was calm -no wind, the...
