Hi Tim, I think you may be correct, however; I think all that is needed to do that is the calibrated adjuster. Of course the rotating plate makes it a little...
In a message dated 5/31/2005 10:36:26 PM Central Daylight Time, ... You are correct. The new plate allows super fine adjustment of the azimuth. It was...
In a message dated 5/30/2005 4:19:30 PM Central Daylight Time, ... The AP mount is controlled by the servo. As I have mentioned numerous times here on this...
In a message dated 5/27/2005 4:40:53 PM Central Daylight Time, ... How does the slewing fail? Does it not slew or does it slew at uncontrolled speed? Roland...
Hello Chris, slewing works only with 6=600 (not at 6=1200,12,...) but sounds not good (sorry for this unprecise description). At siderial rate there is a...
In a message dated 6/1/2005 11:11:38 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I do not understand your symptoms. However, if you want us to check out your electronics, we...
Hi Roland, I have been using the HC exclusively to control the AP mount until recently. I have begun using TheSky to position the mount. I have still been...
In a message dated 6/1/2005 4:02:34 PM Central Daylight Time, ... As long as you don't use the move buttons on The Sky, it will not change or set the rates....
Here is my LRGB image of M86 and surrounds: http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm 120 minute lum and 30 minute each RGB; True Technology Filters; SXV- H9 and...
You should include the date and time (U.T.) as part of the image information. I noticed an asteroid trail (very near the bottom and left of center) and would...
Hi Chris, Thank you for your interest. I carefully annotate my more "scientific" comet images but not my "pretty pictures". The image spans 3 hours across two...
Hi Chris, After a little detective work I determined that: The image sequence began April 4, 2005, 0219 UT The image sequence ended April 4, 2005, 0419 UT The...
Hi Chris, After a little detective work I determined that: The image sequence began May 4, 2005, 0219 UT The image sequence ended May 4, 2005, 0419 UT The gap...
Hi Dennis: It may be asteroid 2000 HO57 (mag. 18.7) which in your image lies slightly south of galaxy PGC 40707. For my location Guide 8 places this asteroid...
Hello All, I will be receiving my new AP1200gto mount in a few weeks and based on the note below I am not sure was power supply to purchase. I was concidering...
Dear Massimo, Please contact Astro-Physics directly and provide the serial number of your mount and a description of your symptoms. If you database is...
Hi All I have the opportunity to use a Starlight Xpress MX516 as an autoguider with my AP900 mount. Is anybody using this combo and if so can you give any...
In a message dated 6/6/2005 6:48:38 PM Central Daylight Time, ... If it has an open collector drive, then all you need are the 4 wires (one for each axis) and...
Folks, I use the above with a 48" AP pier. Sadly it will not fit through a doorway in one piece. (Garage only in the present configuration) Anyone mounted an...
Hello all, I've been averaging about one clear night every three weeks since I received an AP 1200. I've been drift aligning with an eyepiece and my polar...
Joe, I use that model and have no problems running the AP1200 and dew heaters. The coldest I have run it at is about 15 degrees F. I am upgrading to a higher...
Dan, This is an excellent image. I would recommend doing a tiny saturation boost to make the colors kick out a little, but that's personal taste. I also...
Comet movie (dial-up modem friendly) , images and supporting data at New Images http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm New comet C/2005 K2 LINEAR was discovered...
I think the 12 amp would be plenty for the mount, I just happened to have the 20 amp model and decided to buy a second. Overkill on my part. The only concern...
Hi Rick, Thanks for the suggestions. I use CCDSoft for image acquisition but people seem to like the graphing feature in Track and Accumulate in CCDOps for...
Dennis, What a wonderful presentation. The images are great. The whole page with the movies and informative windows is really great. Congratulations on a...
Joe I have used the Radio Shack 13.8V, 10A supply for about 6 years for powering my AP1200 mount plus two Dew heaters and recently, an Optec rotator. It has...
Dan, Very nice! You might try using the color balance tool in PS and bringing down the green just a tad. This might give you the color you're looking...
