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AP900 setup, finally finished

Started by fblue, 04/01/2012 01:43AM
Posted 04/01/2012 01:43AM Opening Post
Well, last night I finally worked out the last bugs in my setup for the AP900. I had to figure out a few things about the loading of the driver and contol settings for The Sky6 and CCD AutoPilot. Last week I tried the setup out, but could not get the mount to park correctly. It took me a week to figure out why, but now it all works very well.

The AP900 seems to be a very solid and great performing mount, which I had expected it to be. It is nice to have no one part wiegh more than 25 lbs and yet have excellent stability and PE.

So far everything looks very good and I am certain that I have finally found the combination that I was seeking. Hope to get a chance to really test out just what it can do next month.

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Posted 04/01/2012 05:07AM #1
Sounds like a plan come together to me Floyd.....Congrats on putting your dream system together!

20" MidnighTelescopes f/5
8" f/16 Muffoletto Achro
Meade 6" AR6 f/8.0 Achro
Celestron C11
Parallax PI250 10" F/5 Newt
Vixen FL102S,NA140SS,R200SS
80mm Stellarvue Nighthawk with WO APOupgrade lens, 90mm f/16.67 Parallax Achro
LXD75/LX200, Mini-tower, GP-DX, CG5 ASGT, LXD650, GM-8, G11, GM-100, GM-150EX, GM-200 and a Gemini G40
4" portable AP convertable 44" or 70" pier
Stellarvue M7 Alt-Az, TSL7 Pier/Tripod
12.5" f/5 MidnighTelescopes DOB Swayze optics
Monroe GA
Posted 04/02/2012 05:26PM #2
Thanks David! smile
Agreed, the AP900 is a great size for a mount, big enough without being oversized.

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