... make ... the ... telescope ... produced ... more ... I think it is a combination of things. It's like a 130 Traveler. Light weight. Compact. Easier to...
Hi Rich and Mike--and all, If you think back a month or so, Roland has been "fishing" for thoughts and hinting with questions -- like, "would anyone be...
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* I stayed up extraordinarily late to prepare my body clock for the upcoming trip to...
I just read the info on the web... That's a terrible and sad event..... Gilles [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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... My God! I'm very sorry. Rich...
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Hi Rich, At this point, these items are in the prototype stage and we have not featured prototypes on the website (except in the Events section when prototypes...
Thanks, Marj. It certainly sounds like an interesting size and design. Rich...
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In a message dated 2/1/2003 12:41:17 AM Central Standard Time, rnapo@... ... Because it will be very light, short and easy to carry on an airplane. Also, ...
Roland, Yes, indeed! Besides light weight, another benefit of carbon is a stable focus for CCD photography. I'm certainly interested in this scope and hope I...
If I read this correctly, I think you answered my question from an earlier post: "All this makes me ask, if I want to take DSO pics through a 130 AP scope,...
In a message dated 2/1/2003 1:19:16 PM Central Standard Time, ... The choise is yours. Roland Christen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Also, ... market ... Thanks, Roland. It sounds an excellent addition to the AP line. Rich...
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... get for ... somewhat ... the color ... is a market ... Interesting question, if the past is worth remembering, AP introduced a line of doublet ED scopes...
In a message dated 2/1/2003 1:59:32 PM Central Standard Time, vahe@... ... More and better! That's the American way. With this I leave you all now. I'm...
I'm headed off to Florida. Thoughts of our ... where the ... Great tragedy. I do believe that most of us involved in astronomy have a little better perspective...
ah, come on. you have more data than that? I don't know your business but I would bet you have some chart some place that compares light at 3 different...
Okay will this new glass material make it possible to do say 7" or 8" size scopes? I think you could sell a ton of them. John Kuhl ... rnapo@z... ... airplane....
What seems to be the best thing to me about the new 10 pound 5" AP telescope is that it would probably be a good fit for the light weight stabilized TeeGull...
... Hey, I really love my Star 12ED. It's my "quick look" scope as it takes quite a bit longer to set up the 155EDFS on the 900GTO mount. I think a 130mm in...
Louie, I have a Star12 as well and agree with your comments on quick look. Here in Colorado it's the perfect all around scope for most nights. The Star 12 is...
Does anyone have expierence with the Denkmeier OCS and the TV binoviewer? The OCS is supposed to allow focus at 1.3X which would be a nice feature since I'm...
Has AP decided to offer an inexpensive less-than perfect 5" APO doublet that requires a chromacor? Roland did say that he has no concerns dealing with Aries....
Has AP decided to offer an inexpensive less-than perfect 5" APO doublet that requires a chromacor? Roland did say that he has no concerns dealing with Aries....
Well, in all the threads on this topic I've read, nobody has suggested this might be Rolands idea. So I float it....like a hypothesis...to see what you'all...
... In the past, AP has marked less expensive refractors like the 12 StarED and 130 StarED. AP was making these in addition to their line of triplets. These...