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AP Product Catalog Database 19

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

By Karen Christen ·

Last image from Hawaii 3

The clouds moved in so my imaging session here is pretty much over, The last session I imaged the Seagull Nebula thru holes in the clouds. Seeing was very good, but because of clouds I was able to get

By Roland Christen ·

2023 Coolest Thing Made in Illinois 5

Cool! Perhaps our votes in the final round made the difference. The 2023 Coolest Thing Made in Illinois is The Rosenberg Space Habitat Made by Ingersoll Machine Tools! Makers Madness – Presented by th

By Alan ·

NGC 6888 - The Cresent Nebula 15

Playing around this morning and came up with this palette. I'm not sure if it's good or bad, but I found it interesting. Shot with my TMB 92SS with an AP 92/105 Field Flattener, and of course on a Mac

By Terry Martin ·

The Fires in the Heart 6

Hi All - Perhaps a slightly different look at the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) with some commentary that some might find interesting. https://www.astrobin.com/dgefdw/ Kind regards, Ed Beshore

By Edward Beshore ·

130GTX discovered a bubble nebula in Canis Major 9

Hello fellow Astronuts, I was going to post another deep sky image that I took last 2 days, but have hit a snag. I was going very deep field with it and discovered a fairly large bubble nebula near th

By Roland Christen ·

AP 155EDT f/9 for SALE 5

Dear All, Due to personal reasons, I have decided to put up for sale my AP 155EDT f/9 -- the very best of all the very many 6" refractors that have passed through my hands (AP, TMB, Zeiss, Takahashi,

By Massimiliano Lattanzi ·

Galaxy Mosaic 13

Hello AstroFolk, I had another clear night last night with good seeing, a bit hazy. Was able to image another wide galaxy field in Coma Berenices. I added this to the M100 image from last week to make

By Roland Christen ·

Widefield deep image of Thor's Helmet 3

Now that it's official that the 110GTX did not discover a new PN, here is the image of Thor's Helmet taken yesterday: https://www.astrobin.com/irp1zf/0/ The PN at the top looks quite prominent, but is

By Roland Christen ·

[ap-gto] 130GTX discovered a bubble nebula in Canis Major

Hello Juan, Here is the ESO image on the left, with mine taken with the 110GTX to the right: I did a search of the HASH PN database, and this is the object:

By Roland Christen ·

Cost of cleaning

Hi, I recently was able to acquire an AP130EDFGT. I was wondering How much it would cost to have a once over done. Cleaning and collimation if necessary. also a possible turn around time from New York

By Dan Higgins ·

M63 in five 7

Single 5 minute exposure LRGB with the 110 GTX and F5 TCC https://www.astrobin.com/oc6jwm/

By Roland Christen ·

Asteroid 2023DZ2 4

Hey Astronuts, Lowbrows, and Buckeyes — Anybody else planning to image 2023DZ2 tonight or tomorrow night? It makes its closest approach Saturday afternoon, so tonight and tomorrow night are the optima

By Howard Ritter ·

Maybe OT? Two timelapses from last night's aurora 23

Timelapse of the aurora with Nikon D810a + 14-24mm f/2.8 Nikkor @14mm and f/2.8. ISO 1600. 15 second exposures. Best 117 shots from the event: https://www.stuartheggie.com/p38826260/h5e2f48c4#h5e2f48c

By Stuart ·

Thinking on getting a Mirrorless DSLR camera to pair with my Stowaway for the 2024 Eclipse! 8

Hello astrofriends! Finally decided that hopefully I will travel to San Antonio, TX with my Wife and Kids to try to see the April 8th 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. But also taking the opportunity to visit

By Ray ·

Moon Venus Conjunction (Mar 24 2023) 4

It was a beautiful sight this evening. Picture doesn't do it justice. Taken with Stowaway and Nikon D3200 at prime focus. https://astrob.in/fmjps1/0/ Zhengyi

By huzhengyi@... ·

Sun Spots 7

Playing around yesterday afternoon with a Baader FFC on my TEC 140...

By Terry Martin ·

AP 130 GTX Production Future projection 16

The most recent production run has been completed and shipped. We have not planned the next production run yet. Hi Karen and AP Team, With the Launch of the Stowaway and the 110 Telescopes will the 13

By Matthew Hughes ·

[ap-gto] M63 in five

Impressive detail for the exposure time. -Best, Robert

By ROBERT WYNNE ·

Many thanks to all who voted! 8

We truly appreciate the enthusiastic support that we received from all who voted whether it was once or many times. It was truly heartwarming to read your comments and to advance to the top 8. We stil

By Marj Christen ·