Rich and Scott: THANK YOU! I ordered the nuts this morning from Mcmaster. fyi...they are size M5 with .8mm Pitch. Part #96445A360 Mike ... <mjliantonio@y...>...
... equally ... Randy Hi and thanks for the reply. I would also prefer the AP 1200 for the Name/Quality and the portability...can be assembled in the field...
... Wayne I bought a AP1200GTO used back in 2002 by posting a 'wanted' ad in AM. Also a good friend of mine got his AP900 GTO the same way. The price for a 2...
Wayne, My AP1200GTO will become available when I receive my new one, sometime around June. Hang onto my email if you're really interested. Steve... ...
I had the 4.0 beta ver of the software for a while and recently upgraded to 4.07. I noticed that there is no option to synch on planets anymore. Is this...
I can't comment on whether or not this option is available since I don't have my mount set up but the accuracy of the planet positions in the keypad was noted...
I've upgraded from an LX200 to an AP900GTO. With the LX200 I could send guiding commands from AstroArt to the LX200 RS232 port. Can I do the same on the...
... Hi Rob, The AP900GTO implements nearly all of the LX200 command set, and guiding through the RS232 port should work. I haven't tried it, however, and...
Paul, thanks for the reply. The first chance I will get to use the new mount will be a star party in about a fortnight, so I'll try it then via the RS232 port...
... Hi Rob, Thanks :) Ah, I see now -- you sold the S2K and are using the S2K-less direct serial output from AA (and soon to be MaximDL). That does limit your...
When I got my AP900 (second hand), I got it home, powered it up and it worked fine. Next I upgraded the handset to Ver4.07, and tested it. Everything worked...
Rob, How did you power your mount? Battery or DC? If battery you have a weak battery. Regards, Chris ... Christopher and Vicky Go Christone Industries ...
The 'problem' seems to be fixed. I played around with the Dec motor connector, and it seemed to suddenly seat 'better' than it was before. Result - dec motor...
The 'problem' seems to be fixed. I played around with the Dec motor connector, and it seemed to suddenly seat 'better' than it was before. Result - dec motor...
Hello Guys, I had an almost perfect night last night. I was able to image Jupiter with Io transiting. Seeing was 9/10. This is probably my best image of...
Hello Guys, I made a blow up of the image of Jupiter that I took. The new disturbance described in the S&T article is a little more prominent at the center of...
Hey Gang, I've been working with a new set of filters, the AstroDon Clear, R,G,B filter set that is indeed parfocal. I've taken several new images with this ...
Hello Guys, Just finished processing my other images of Jupiter last March 3 and basically made a webpage for the new Jupiter disturbance described in the ...
Hello, I'm a new AP1200 user with a question re. Smart Guide for V4.3 that I just downloaded and installed. Is this AP's version of Ray Graylak's Pulse...
Hi Don, Yes, you can do effectively what PulseGuide does with SmartGuide. The major difference is that Pulseguide uses your PC and one of the mount's serial ...
Hi Don, Congrats on the AP1200 and new camera. It's a great mount. I found that using Ray's program as a stand alone works very nicely. John Pierce Tidewater...
Thanks, Ray and John, I also have a copy of Pulse Guide that came with my purchase of the AP1200 from Ken Crawford. I just want to be clear on the autoguiding...
I have my 10" f6.3 OTA and piggybacked Tak FS-60C on my AP900 with two counterweights (the big one and the medium one) at the far end of the counterweight...
Rob, Your engineering is exactly right in that the bending moment on the shaft is identical or the mount wouldn't be balanced. However, I've also heard that...
... Hi Roland, I am still very interested in one of this new Dec solutions. I use my AP1200GTO for variable star observing. Together with ACP I menage to take...
