... Yes. El Capitan, I believe, is an elegant answer to the SB's Paramaunt. EC will easily handle even 16" R-C and 20" to a lesser degree. It is too enough for...
... You have nailed this idea right in a head, Jeff! Just for info: we working about two prototypes of ultimate 12" amateurs Maks. 1. 12" F/15 MCT with only...
... <snip> ... Scarry how time flies ... I am on the same list (large lens series) around 1996 or 1997. Ten years have passed ... so quickly! Anthony....
Don't know if this means anything, but a new and expensive set of mounting rings has ominously appeared on the "Mount Accessories" page of the AP website! ...
Hi Scott The 8" rings? I bought a pair 2 years ago for the TMB175 I put together. Mike Clemens _____ From: ap-ug@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ap-ug@yahoogroups.com]...
Hi Scott, 8" rings have been on our price list for years. We try to maintain a stock of rings for scopes produced in the past. No rumors, please. Marj Christen...
I would add, those 8" rings are beautifully made. Rich Hi Scott, 8" rings have been on our price list for years. We try to maintain a stock of rings for scopes...
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Ooops! Sorry, didn't remember seeing them before. -Scott...
They are beautifully crafted, machined and anodized, 8 inch rings. What's the problem? Hole spacing for your attachments? Rich I would have said they are...
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Rich: A few weeks ago I probed the collective mind as to find out how many people actually used a Traveler as a guidescope for an AP180EDTF9. The idea was not...
So, he didn't like the felt. I like the felt on the 8" Rings. I guess no one uses off axis guiding these days? No, I'm not an imager. Rich Rich: A few weeks...
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I wish AP made a Losmandy dovetail bar for their rings that didn't require two adapters. I just recieved a set of 6.5" rings, they are machined and finished...
I was under the impression that the AP rings accept the Losmandy dovetail bars without adapters. You seem to be saying the opposite. I think I can dig up the...
Here is an image of the tail of Comet Holmes taken last night (10/31/2007) with my AP160 at f/5.9 from New Mexico Skies. This image is a single 20 minute...
You're right, I'm used to watching Apple computer, this would be more their style. They've been known to post specs of upcoming products on their website for...
In a message dated 11/1/2007 9:06:45 PM Central Daylight Time, rgr@... ... Great image! Rolando ************************************** See what's new at...
Ray, This is an exceptional image! Do me a favour and send me some of your good weather - I have been out of action for most of October and November has...
Like this little Mach CW shaft... http://www.pbase.com/mclemens1969/image/88303045/original Science officer Spock says there is only a 1 in 850 chance of head ...
Mike, I was at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff this past summer and on the end of one of their shafts (on the scope that was used to first photograph Pluto)...
I use a Losmandy G-11 for mounting various things, and typically have one or more counterweights well out toward the far end of the shaft. I have wrapped the...
Hello, I had excellent clear and steady conditions, last night. I went to bed at 4:20am and woke up at 7:00am... :-(( I used for the first time the 155TCC on...
