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AP Product Catalog Database
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Hello Astro-Nuts, In recent weeks a few forum members have mentioned it would be nice to have a repository of old AP catalogs and offered to create a website database. This is a project we’ve had on o
Hello Astro-Nuts, In recent weeks a few forum members have mentioned it would be nice to have a repository of old AP catalogs and offered to create a website database. This is a project we’ve had on our radar but have not had time to dig into, so we appreciate this has been taken on by some of our Astro-Nuts. The website is here if you’d like to take a look: AP Product Catalog Database While you’re there, check out Tony Simon’s (aka Harley Davidson and Star Astronomer on YouTube) video of his catalog collection. If you have old catalogs and would like to add them, you can upload them to the Files section of the ap-ug group or the ap-gto group on Groups.io. They will be added to the database from there. I’ll pin this topic on the Groups Messages page so it’s easy to find. Many thanks to Holger Merlitz for creating the website and volunteering to steer this project, and all of you who have submitted your catalogs to the database. And a challenge: Can anyone find a catalog with the Hampden Ct address? Karen AP
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Karen Christen
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Enjoying the convenience of the "Gran Turismo"
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Getting some gear ready to drive to a remote site and while packing up the AP130GT w/3.5" focuser, It was clear the Optec focus motor being attached was not going to fit in the case. I could have remo
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Getting some gear ready to drive to a remote site and while packing up the AP130GT w/3.5" focuser, It was clear the Optec focus motor being attached was not going to fit in the case. I could have remo
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Tom S.
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M101 and SN 2023ixf
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Last Saturday and Sunday we had two more nights with above average Transparency and Seeing predicted, again with no smoke (which was actually related to the Seeing, as the Jet Stream went around the U
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Last Saturday and Sunday we had two more nights with above average Transparency and Seeing predicted, again with no smoke (which was actually related to the Seeing, as the Jet Stream went around the U
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Paul Nelson
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VDB152 The Wolf's Cave Nebula HaLRGB
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Another Epsilon Mach2 Combo! This was a crazy difficult target to process for me. I am very comfortable processing dusty widefields but blending Ha in is something that I struggle with. I tried a bunc
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Another Epsilon Mach2 Combo! This was a crazy difficult target to process for me. I am very comfortable processing dusty widefields but blending Ha in is something that I struggle with. I tried a bunc
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Chris White
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Mach 2 CP5
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Per the manual I’m trying to make a connection to my CP5 on this new mount but if I use a serial connection and it searches it reports a CP4 on COM 10. I do have a CP4 on my AP1200 but that’s in anoth
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Per the manual I’m trying to make a connection to my CP5 on this new mount but if I use a serial connection and it searches it reports a CP4 on COM 10. I do have a CP4 on my AP1200 but that’s in anoth
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Steve Reilly
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M13, Hercules Cluster, with 900HDA - First Guided Session
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I was inspired by Stuart's beautiful M5 image, and decided to use that as motivation to try using a guide camera again after my initial failure. It was located nicely in my limited window in the trees
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I was inspired by Stuart's beautiful M5 image, and decided to use that as motivation to try using a guide camera again after my initial failure. It was located nicely in my limited window in the trees
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Paul Nelson
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A Modernized 900HDA
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Shortly after I got my 900HDA about a year ago, I decided to make a concerted effort to bring it up to modern standards as much as possible to make it more useful for Astrophotography. To start with,
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Shortly after I got my 900HDA about a year ago, I decided to make a concerted effort to bring it up to modern standards as much as possible to make it more useful for Astrophotography. To start with,
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Paul Nelson
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Chile 300 mm F8 scope setup
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Pictures showing the scope and the camera setup with the two filter wheels. Rolando
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Pictures showing the scope and the camera setup with the two filter wheels. Rolando
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Roland Christen
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SH2-124
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Howdy fellow Astronuts, It was fun doing imaging in the pristine skies of Chile, but I'm back now at AP working on 110 GTX scopes. This object, SH2-124 with surrounding nebulosity is extremely faint a
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Howdy fellow Astronuts, It was fun doing imaging in the pristine skies of Chile, but I'm back now at AP working on 110 GTX scopes. This object, SH2-124 with surrounding nebulosity is extremely faint a
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Roland Christen
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[ap-gto] SH2-124
I wasn't happy with the last one, it was way too dim in the outer portion. I uploaded another revision. I'll probably look at it tomorrow and won't like that one either. https://www.astrobin.com/full/
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I wasn't happy with the last one, it was way too dim in the outer portion. I uploaded another revision. I'll probably look at it tomorrow and won't like that one either. https://www.astrobin.com/full/
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Roland Christen
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Chile remote observatory project
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Hello fellow Astronuts, As you all probably know, Marj and I just returned from Chile where we serviced our remote telescope at Las Campanas observatory along with Mike Long another member of our LCRO
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Hello fellow Astronuts, As you all probably know, Marj and I just returned from Chile where we serviced our remote telescope at Las Campanas observatory along with Mike Long another member of our LCRO
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Roland Christen
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First images taken remotely from Chile ..
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... taken remotely with our new camera and imaging software down in Chile. https://www.astrobin.com/wfuoxn/0/ Rolando
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... taken remotely with our new camera and imaging software down in Chile. https://www.astrobin.com/wfuoxn/0/ Rolando
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Roland Christen
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Rubber fan mounts
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Hello Astronuts and ZWO users, Please see attached images of how these rubber mounts are attached. The back of the camera comes off with 4 screws. It's just a round plate, and only the fan is attached
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Hello Astronuts and ZWO users, Please see attached images of how these rubber mounts are attached. The back of the camera comes off with 4 screws. It's just a round plate, and only the fan is attached
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Roland Christen
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[ap-gto] Chile remote observatory project
I have a lot of pictures that I have to sort thru. Probably post most of them tomorrow. Roland
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I have a lot of pictures that I have to sort thru. Probably post most of them tomorrow. Roland
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Roland Christen
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110GTX Deep Sky Images?
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Do any 110GTX owners have images they have taken with this telescope that they would share with us? I'm curious to see what the 110GTX can do imaging deep sky objects.
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Do any 110GTX owners have images they have taken with this telescope that they would share with us? I'm curious to see what the 110GTX can do imaging deep sky objects.
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natscher0514@...
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Using Daystar Quark Chromosphere witrh AP 130 mm f/6 EDF refractor
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I wonder if I can safely use a Daystar Quark Chromosphere eyepiece for H-alpha solar photography? I read that there is an 80 mm aperture limit for safe use of a refractor. Since my Astro-Physics 130 m
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I wonder if I can safely use a Daystar Quark Chromosphere eyepiece for H-alpha solar photography? I read that there is an 80 mm aperture limit for safe use of a refractor. Since my Astro-Physics 130 m
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Michael A. Stecker
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Sunspots Today (AI and non AI)
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Greetings Everyone, We had pretty good seeing conditions this AM. I acquired images of Sunspot Group 3315 using the 130GTX and Daystar 0.6 SE. Two versions of the images are referenced in the links be
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Greetings Everyone, We had pretty good seeing conditions this AM. I acquired images of Sunspot Group 3315 using the 130GTX and Daystar 0.6 SE. Two versions of the images are referenced in the links be
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Shawn Quinn
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Super Nova in M101
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I didn't get it :-( On May 14 and 17 I tried to get M101, very poor transparency, so not too happy, but I'll get some more frames soon. Anyhow, I almost got a shot of a new supernova. Which seems to h
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I didn't get it :-( On May 14 and 17 I tried to get M101, very poor transparency, so not too happy, but I'll get some more frames soon. Anyhow, I almost got a shot of a new supernova. Which seems to h
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Kurt
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Stowaway and Traveler with IMX455-based Camera
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The flattener is your best bet for both. The TCC will illuminate the 35mm format but the stars will be oblong in the corners and the long edge. Roland
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The flattener is your best bet for both. The TCC will illuminate the 35mm format but the stars will be oblong in the corners and the long edge. Roland
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Roland Christen
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OT: 3D printed Bahtinov Mask for 61mm, 92mm and 130mm
3D printed Bahtinov Mask files (stl) for the 61, 92 and 130 Rather than making edits to previous message over and over, I moved the help file off site. Here is the new updated help file that includes
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3D printed Bahtinov Mask files (stl) for the 61, 92 and 130 Rather than making edits to previous message over and over, I moved the help file off site. Here is the new updated help file that includes
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jimmyjujames
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