... to find a good compromise I ... 4x2 minutes and 4x30 seconds. ... Beautiful and unusual image Didier. I've been using an Ha filter from my light polluted ...
Hi, I'm new to this forum having taken delivery of the ap1200 in late December. I've only had 4 nights imaging with the mount so far but it's accuracy has way...
In a message dated 2/1/2007 2:46:10 AM Central Standard Time, ... I'm glad you are having fun with the mount. Rolando [Non-text portions of this message have...
Roland, A question has come up about the relative difficulty of producing an air spaced APO lens versus an oil spaced APO lens. I was wondering if in your...
In a message dated 2/1/2007 6:39:51 PM Central Standard Time, ... They are both hard to make. My hat's off to anyone who can do it cheaply, easily and with...
Thanks for the quick answer! I cannot even glaze a window, so my hats off to all the glass pushers in the world making scopes so I can freeze at night! Philip...
Malcolm Good choice - I've been using one for four years now. The 1200GTO's ability to continue tracking when past the meridian is an absolute winner for me....
... tracking when past the meridian is an absolute winner for me. It avoids many meridian flips (=imaging time) and reduces the need for expensive rotators....
Malcolm/Jan, On a very similar note, I love the ability to place the OTA on the "wrong side" of the mount when starting an imaging session ("premature meridian...
Hi folks. I have a CCDT67 0.67x telecompressor that i'd like to use with my f8 AP130EDT and SXV-H9C CCD, but i'm struggling to figure out what spacers (if any)...
Congratulations on the TV show! I'll watch for it. So what's next a biography, movie, cross country tour to sell merchandise? I'll never get my scope :) ... ...
I seem to remember that there is a pretty good amount of back focus available on the 130EFDs. The TAK106 doesn't have a lot, perhaps because of the rotator. I...
... FSQ106's alreafy have manual rotation capability and the Takometer only motorizes this. AP scopes do not have this manual rotation capability, except for ...
Hi folks, another question i'm afraid! My f8 130EDT has the 27FOC3E-FT focuser, which is undoubtedly the finest focuser i've ever used. However, the tension is...
The CCDT67 is a reducer only so I don't think it is as sensitive to the spacing as the TRF-2008, which is a flattener as well as a reducer. I use the CCDT67...
In a message dated 2/3/2007 2:23:33 AM Central Standard Time, ... The telecompressor is a simple 2 element lens which is not sensitive at all to spacing. The...
In a message dated 2/3/2007 10:50:23 AM Central Standard Time, ... You can increase the tension by tightening the two black screws on the underside of the...
Feathertouch has a motorized focuser that will be available for the AP 2.7" micro soon. It will replace the fine focus knob and is ASCOM compatible. Check it...
... because of ... inch to ... With my ST-2000XM and CFW10, I am about 0.5 inches from the maximum in-focus position. That is tight! Anthony. ... Of Don ... ...
... Another suggestion: turn the focuser 90 degrees so that the microfocuser knob is "up" and the position of the OTA will not impact it in any way. This is...
Anthony, Thanks, this is useful. Do you mean that with the camera and filter wheel on an AP130 f/6, you're almost out of back focus even without a rotator? ...
... Mark, I am sure it will solve your problem(s). ... you're ... This was in reference to the FSQ which was also mentioned in the thread I was quoting. Sorry...
I always worry too much. It's called OCD. Every time I get the notice from A-P that my new toy is on the way, I think back to the old luggage commercial with...
Ronnie your post was the best post I have read on the ap-ug in a loooong time. You have very effectively described what an AP fan is. Regard's Jeff V. ... I ...
... the ... This is very off-topic, but I remember that commercial, too. I also remember a TV program that "debunked" commercials, and ran footage of a remake...
I think the group already exist. It is called the ap-ug all you did was to come "out of the closet" so to speak with a great story. We all suffer to some...
Personally I wish my FSQ did not have the rotator. The big problem with rotators is that you have to make all new flats for even the smallest change in...
Only if the flats don't work properly. About the only time that will happen is when your offending dust motes, etc. are on the optics of the scope. Most of the...
Dan, What you describe below was also my argument in a recent thread on the SBIG Yahoo list and there were many arguments against my/our position on the...
