Matthew, I used my Losmandy G-11 for about a year until the AP1200GTO arrived and it was a nice combination for visual work. There should be absolutely no...
I had my 160EDF on a G11 (non-GOTO) and it was a fine setup. I used it mostly visually; the imaging I did do was of the planetary web-cam type. The only...
Rolando, I'm certainly not speaking negatively about AP scopes, I ASSURE you that I think they are awesome in almost every way! But, if ever there is an...
Philip, I have heard that my name may be coming up shortly on the 900 list. What do you have under the 900 to get it high enough for your scope? Siegfried...
I use the 54" AP portable pier with my 900. Additionally I generally use it on a scopebuggy which adds another few inches to the height. For me at 6'2" this...
I agree with your desire for lightweight scopes, but do consider that the AP-160EDF is one of the lighter 6" class scopes at 27lbs. Philip ... would > like to...
In a message dated 12/1/2006 10:56:27 AM Central Standard Time, ... The 160EDF does not have any internal counterweights. It is quite light for its size. What...
Well, it appears that the heavy focuser itself acts as a counterweight, so AP is not adding tube counterweight anyway ;-). That's great, but more importantly,...
Philip/Siegfried, I also have the 54" pier and do not have the slightest problem being 5' 11". I am not sure I would change if given the chance to do so. ...
... Rosette. I ... on your ... light down into ... Thanks everyone for the feedback. I figured it out on my own. It's time to read the SBIG filter carousel...
Hi, I've posted new images and information on my website of the AP 160 f/5.7 Telecompressor-Corrector and f/7.7 Field Flattener that might be helpful to those...
hi everyone, i am pretty new to these groups and i am really grateful for all your responses. i am still a bit nervous about buying the 160 (am going over the...
Here is a link to a report that I wrote last April after using my (former) AP-160EDF at a star party at moderately dark skies. At least moderate for New...
that's a nice tricolor emission line image Didier. Although you call it a mapped color image, so is an rgb image, an LRGB image, an artifically colored...
... Mapping is not very useful when you don't do color translation <VBG> so I don't think it matters if it is precise. People understand exactly what it...
A 6 inch refractor is a fantastic deep sky instrument! Just look at what Walter Scott Houston saw with a 4 inch Clark refractor. You can observe for many...
Has there been any comparisons dome between the new 160 and the venerable 155? Very interested in how the new air spaced design compares with the oil spaced...
I realize it comes with the 4" focuser, but could one deploy a 2.7" focuser if desired? (I am using an st2000 camera. Thanks, Jim ... light for ... the older...
Hello Jim, I suspect AP has been a little coy here....but my understnnading is the new 160mm's have slightly better visual colour correction, and the 155's are...
I'm pretty sure both the 155 and 160 use FPL53 for the ED or "exotic" glass. If you use the search engine in this group, you'll find more info, there was...
This has been discussed before over the last three years on this list. I really doubt your going to be able to tell any difference between the 160 or the 155...
Thanks for the replies. I will do some searching of the archives. I did not realize that the new design has been around for 3 years - boy how time flies. I am...
... Jim: I 've decided o chime in. I now have a 155EDFS (2.7in. focuser) and 160 (4in. focuser). I've had the 155EDFS since 2001 and got the 160 in October. ...
Can't sell either one can you Kent. ;-) Jeff ... I ... especially ... at how ... When on my ... 155. Long ... I felt the 155 ... objective cell ... appears...
I have been curious about this as well. Though there has been some discussion regarding this in recent past, I have not heard of a single, well done side by...
