I recently noted some comments about the pouch that was supplied with some A/P mounts to hold the GTO control box. Although this works perfectly well, I...
Hello Ralph, Thanks for your reply -- I'd sent that out so long ago that I'd forgotten that I'd sent it -- for a moment I thought someone was impersonating me!...
Hello Ralph, Thanks for your reply -- I'd sent that out so long ago that I'd forgotten that I'd sent it -- for a moment I thought someone was impersonating me!...
Hi Alan, what an interesting report. Thanks a lot. How about to prefocus on a star or the Moon? I wish you, the whole AP stuff and all members of the AP-UG...
Stefan, Thanks. I did prefocus on a star, but then I found myself playing with the focus while tracking. Next time I should probably keep my hands off the ...
Hello all. I would like to reopen this thread for a moment to ask if any of you know of any risk or safety issues that might arise from the use of a Losmandy...
A 13" plate is fine for the 155. Not as rigid as a 17" plate; but will do for visual work no problem. Joe ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
No problem at all John, This is a first hand account. I have used that combination, as well as both 17s AND 19s (all Losmandy), with 155EDF and longer! Don't...
Hello, I wanted to share with you my last image, taken during the last days of december. _http://www.ovision.com/Gilles_Astrophoto_Profond_CCD_IC434.html_ ...
The only safety issue is having the thign fall and the only real solution is to use the safety screws to keep it from sliding right out if you don't tighten...
This is only true for the Losmandy factory equipment. There are a number of after market Losmandy type saddles that allow full tip in with the safety screws...
Hi, Philippe Vercoutter, Jorg Versluys and I spend a week in France just before Christmas. Some images are now online. We made all of them with TMB 80mm scopes...
Dodi: Superb images, bet you took your cloud desintegrator gun. I would like to buy one like yours. Wish you and Philippe the best on this new year, Eric....
Hello, What do you mean with edit? Processing? I use the curves in Photoshop and fusion mask in the case of M42 for the different parts with different...
If I wait until there is good seeing again I may be just a memory, and a very faint one at that, to my greatgrandchildren. So, I stayed up and gave it a try...
Aloha, I am interested in mounting a Stellarvue F80 finderscope (http://www.stellarvue.com/f80.html <http://www.stellarvue.com/f80.html> ) on my AP 155EDFS,...
Comment: I can't speak for the G11 saddle, but Losmandy HGM200 saddle is tip-in also ;-) Mark ... From: tim71pos@... To: ap-ug@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Dang! The image looks yellow on this compouter screen. The image was/is NOT yellow! I never know when I post an image how it is going to look but this is not a...
