Super! With the list of participants lined up for the NEAF Solar Star Party, we'll have a heck of a good time even if the weather refuses to cooperate! To...
Where is this event? Ross Salomone ... From: Paul Hyndman [mailto:paul@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:49 AM To: ap-ug@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Rockland Community College, 145 College Rd., Suffern, NY directions: http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf/index.htm#DIRECTIONS ... From: "ross salomone"...
Hi Dodi- I use a Mac laptop and have been using a new program AstroIIDC (http://www.outcastsoft.com/ASCASTROIIDC.html) to drive my Unibrain B&W board and 400i...
... The discussion and test results posted on Tak Unsensored have pretty much put the lie to the Takahashi statement. The issue came up because a list member...
I expect to receive an AP1200GTO in the next couple of months and am trying to sort out its usage/accessories order. It has to serve both in my "observatory"...
... Even if you place one OTA on top the other, you should probably rebalance the assembly. Actually, although a lot of people seem baffled by balancing a...
... to ... after ... ============================================================ Hi Robin, Can you tell me where the Tak Uncensored group is (path)? TIA, ...
Kent I've been using Tandem setup on my 1200GTO since December (Mewlon 300 and TV101) nestled as close together as is practical. Even with this setup however,...
... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UncensoredTakGroup/ I wonder if those scopes on the home page are actually in a observatory type environment, or if they are...
Samir, I agree with Kent, tandem use is very easy. I have a C14 and a TEC140 sidexside on a cassady tandem bar. I have a 14" Cassidy dovetail on the AP1200...
I have run tandem and over under with scopes Would never recommend tandem to anyone who wants to image long sub exposures. Did not work well for me and I...
In a message dated 3/2/2005 1:18:03 PM Central Standard Time, ... I believe that this is the roof of a Planetarium in Japan. The building is an educational...
Hello, Here's my latest image of Jupiter on 6/10 seeing. Note the distorted GRS!! http://jupiter.cstoneind.com Regards, Chris Christopher and Vicky Go ...
Hi, I am trying to understand the proper applications of the AP telecompressors/reducers with the AP155 EDF. Here are my assumptions: 1) The CCD Telecompressor...
In a message dated 3/2/2005 6:14:55 PM Central Standard Time, ... NO, this telecompressor is also stand alone. No telecompressor or any other optic can be used...
Thanks guys. I'll zap off an email to Robin Cassady for the right plates/saddles and get ready to stick labels... If the setup is too cantenkerous I suppose I...
Hi Roland, Many thanks. I have now acquired a 0.67x and will try it out on your AP155EDF at some point. I would be using it to try and better match FOV to...
Just so you can find me, It is Casady with one "[spoiler]". http://www.robincasady.com/Astro/tandem.html Regards, Robin Astro Accessories from RobinCasady.com ...
So, a piggybacked tandem arrangement? How was the tandem bar attached to the top of the main OTA? Were you using a Losmandy dovetail bar going the length of...
Robin, NO I did not do as you asked The larger scope is attached to the mount via rings. On the top of those rings are threaded holes. A 1/2" plate was made...
... building is an ... education ... It's a public observatory in Japan, maintained by the prefecture's local govt., built in honor of Japan's first female...
... There seem to be a whole bunch of falsehoods issued by the sellers and importers of Takahashi telescopes over the years. They are fine telescopes so I...
