The Mach 1 a lil mount that "really can"

Thought ya'llz might get a kick out of this, I spent last night up by Ft. Sheridan playing with some toys

Believe it or not !! This was "first light" with my Mach 1 & 130 GT and using the Mach 1 was a piece of cake...outtta the box !

I had the 130 GT & flattener, SV 90 T, Canon 200 F2, FLI microline 8300, Starfish guider, Canon 5D mk2 ALLontop of the Mach 1 rings,plates, 50 mm finder, BUNCH of cords & cables HAD to be gettin close to 50 lbs of gear

took 3 18lb weights and the lil weight extension to balance with plenty room to spare

NO PROBLEM slewing, NO PROBLEM guiding, NO problem DAMPING, NO problem BALANCING

30 minute subframes PERFECT lil round stars with 5.4 mike pixels at 800+ mm focal length !!!

significant moment arm

BOY do those motors sound delightful during slew !!!

any of yas that ever "wonder" about the Mach 1 capabilities..... read this again and lookie at the pix

Bruce 8)

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Bruce Karbal said:

Thought ya'llz might get a kick out of this, I spent last night up by Ft. Sheridan playing with some toys

I've gotta say that of all the mounts that have been introduced in recent times, the Mach 1 is the only one I haven't heard _anything_ bad about. I never seriously considered an AP GEM, an AP900 or 1200; they are way beyond anything I would ever need...but this one could be different.

When are you going to get a REAL tripod for that Mach 1. That moonlander looks a little weak in the legs.

Greg N

Glad it's working out for you, Bruce. I'm about to push my Mach1 pretty hard--I purchased a new (to me) 152mm TMB here on Astromart... With the field flattener and STL series camera I suspect it will be pushing forty pounds or even a touch more--and it's a looooonnnggg tube! We'll see how the mount (and Eagle pier) handle it. I'll post a picture in a couple of weeks when I have it all running.

- Jared Willson