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EricCCD
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Re: AP3600 at WSP 09 new [Re: Fish]
      #2973435 - 03/09/09 11:09 AM

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You should find someone with a PST, TV60, etc., put it on the mount and take a picture.





I don't know if it's the same mount, but in Astromart there's a picture of a 3600 with a Takahashi FS-60 mounted on it in the Astro-Physics forum. The scope was straining over that mount.

Eric


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M13 Observer
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Re: AP3600 at WSP 09 new [Re: EricCCD]
      #2973628 - 03/09/09 12:47 PM

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I don't know if it's the same mount, but in Astromart there's a picture of a 3600 with a Takahashi FS-60 mounted on it in the Astro-Physics forum. The scope was straining over that mount.

Eric




Why? Was the scope being used as a pier? I think something far more substantial than an FS-60 should be used as a pier for an AP3600GTO.


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Jaxdialation
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Re: AP3600 at WSP 09 new [Re: M13 Observer]
      #2973662 - 03/09/09 01:06 PM

the photo was for laughs. This thread has unfortunately rekindled my interest in a 3600

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Mark Jenkins
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Re: AP3600 at WSP 09 new [Re: Jaxdialation]
      #2974224 - 03/09/09 05:08 PM

Awesome mount!

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Mike Clemens
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Re: AP3600 at WSP 09 new [Re: Mark Jenkins]
      #2974316 - 03/09/09 05:48 PM

> You should find someone with a PST, TV60, etc.,
> put it on the mount and take a picture.

no rings... just gravitational mount


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Jared
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Re: AP3600 at WSP 09 new [Re: JerryWise]
      #2974333 - 03/09/09 06:01 PM

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Looks like a happy crowd with a bunch of "just right" mounts. The biggest problem I've found with the AP-1200 is you don't spend any time on the forums asking questions or comparing results. They just get it done. Very boring.




I know what you mean, Jerry! I used to do lots of reading and posting in an effort to get my GM-8 to accurately track with 25 pounds of imaging equipment. Since the Mach1 arrived, my tracking has been "ho-hum" boring.


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