AP 600E in use

A couple of weeks ago we had a little solar meetup. Unfortunately there were no sunspots. 

The 600E works well and a lot more portable than my old 900 QMD. 

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Beautiful setup!  I wish there were some Astro-Physics quality-level mounts out there with a more simple design and no GOTO or slewing motors. For those of us that don't want or need them.   The simple clamp handles on my old 600 mount were easy to use and great for people with arthritis too.

For that matter it'd be nice if there were more quality EQ mounts under 30 pounds.  From what I heard even Losmandy will soon be compulsory goto & slewing on their mounts as well.

I also use a non-GOTO for solar, although it's the smaller 400:

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Used it again last week for an outreach. 

The AP 600 carried a TSA120 and we viewed Jupiter and Saturn. This setup is much more portable than my old 900 mount and 5” f/12 Superplanetary. 

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Doing some casual AP tonight with a Canon 85mm FD SSC lens and M3 camera. 

The AP works fine with a light load. I don’t move the mount at all, just the camera on ball head. 

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