Kurt, Roland ran through the daylight polar alignment procedure for me when I was at AP last week. No polar scope or anything. Using the built-in bubble level...
Hi Gernot Possibly you misunderstood what I was saying. There are TWO effect present. One is atmospheric refraction which should be essentially a constant...
Don't know a thing about the EM-200 but the AP PASILL polar finder is a separate and in my opinion, for portable use, very worthwhile option. It is actually...
Well I found out why I was having problem in making the dec adjustment. I taped an angle-measurer (that uses a needle which drops straight down) and found out...
I got an new AP900Gto in late April. Just in time for the bright summers here in Sweden :) Now its nice and dark again and here is one of my pictures with my...
If you are upgrading the forks you probably need to upgrade the azimuth adjuster and the altitude adjuster at the same time. There is also a 0 to 20 degree...
What you need is the 900 Wedge for low latitudes. Here is a picture of one in the Philippines (Chris Go): http://www.christone.net/astro/ap900chris.jpg and...
Hi Rick, yes we are talking about two effects, refraction and the "coma-like" effect in the edges of the corner of the image. I am not surprised about...
I hadn't realized the collector in me was so strong, but I finally overcame him and put my 160EDF up for sale (on Amart for those interested). Geez I do not...
Philip I live within driving distance...what is your asking price? Steve hoffman blandp11 <blandp11@...> wrote: I hadn't realized the collector in me was...
The 50% markup is intense. You'll have to find someone with a rich collector daemon I believe. What a beautiful OTA in your pictures, there really aren't a lot...
... Yes. Someone will be getting a fine OTA. Rich...
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Hello, On September 16th, 2006 I was able to make a lot of AVI's of a solar prominence with my Astro-Physics 155 EDFS/ 900 GTO and Coronado AS1- 140 / BF-30...
This mount ALREADY has the azmiuth and altitude upgrades and the older post is discussing precisely the fact that on the older fork, WITH THE UPGRADES, the...
Hi Howard - Thanks for the update, sounds great to me. I was able to use the Mach 1 last night and it performed superbly. It took me quite a while to get the...
... Sounds like a dream. You're going to have a hard time following up that 180, but not to worry, TEC has an upgrade path established for you :) And as you...
6946 is one of my favorites, always regretted that the c14 can't squeeze in 6939 which by itself is less interesting. That's a lovely pic and the red areas...
Beautiful picture, Tom! Lots of H2 regions in the galaxy. The AP 155EDF f/7 is a great scope. Thanks, Rich...
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Thanks Jeff. A week ago i saw NGC 891 in a friends 20" dobson and i saw the bulge visualy fine for the first time. But still cant compare to a photo from a...
Dear Group, I exploited the two-hour window I had available last night to image the stunning open cluster NGC 884 in Perseus and which forms one-half of the ...
... I imagine I'll sell my TEC160 to pay for ... with an ... in the ... Mike, I'm just wondering what your criteria is in choosing between the two 160's ...
Robert -- I'm at a slight aperture disadvantage (16" SCT) to your friend's Dob, but it sounds like I'm not completely out of range. (And for once, this is a...
Here is the M38 region taken from my home last week. Clusters are hard for me...they are not as eye popping as the usual galaxy or nebulae. None the less,...
