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08-11-2018, 11:07 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
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Who just ordered an AP1600GTO...?
Well.....I do love my brilliant ol' NJP but I finally decided I need to move into this century aaaand I always wanted one of these babies, sooooo somehow I got the permission .... Can't wait to see it in the flesh...I am sure it will blow my eyeballs out of their sockets...
I do like to stick with working systems though, new ones always scare me
Mike
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08-11-2018, 11:23 AM
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PI cult recruiter
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 10,584
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Nice one, Mikey! My last mount purchase was a Star Adventurer
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08-11-2018, 11:26 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RickS
Nice one, Mikey! My last mount purchase was a Star Adventurer
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A similar $ outlay..?
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08-11-2018, 11:49 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,193
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Thats great news you wont regret it they are bullet proof . My next upgrade will be a 1100 or 1600 as I already have bar , counterweights etc that can just swap between Mach1 and the bigger mounts.
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08-11-2018, 11:57 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marke
Thats great news you wont regret it they are bullet proof .
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Yeah, they are my expectations too Mark and now I will be operating at 50% of mount load capacity rather then 150%
Mike
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08-11-2018, 12:03 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Sydney
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strongmanmike
I will be operating at 50% of mount load capacity rather then 150%
Mike
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Good excuse to add more equipment now
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08-11-2018, 12:14 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marke
Good excuse to add more equipment now
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You must be a mind reader Mark?
Mike
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08-11-2018, 12:38 PM
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Ultimate Noob
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,984
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Do you plan on mounting an array of FSQs on the top?
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08-11-2018, 01:15 PM
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ze frogginator
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 22,062
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Beast of the mount. Thing of beauty. I'd like to have an AP mount one day as well to mount the C11 permanently when I have an obs. They're so well designed and engineered.
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08-11-2018, 01:57 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Atmos
Do you plan on mounting an array of FSQs on the top?
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He he that would be nice..but no, just leaves the gate open for another bit of grovelling in the future
Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
Beast of the mount. Thing of beauty. I'd like to have an AP mount one day as well to mount the C11 permanently when I have an obs. They're so well designed and engineered.
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Yeah, the PMEII scares me ..I am more comfortable with the look and mechanics of the AP and I went without the absolute encoder option, figured that with better than +/- 2.5" raw periodic error anyway and much lower after PEC and not needing arc sec pointing etc for what I do, it seemed like many $1000's worth of overkill..?
Mike
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08-11-2018, 04:08 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Sydney
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strongmanmike
He he that would be nice..but no, just leaves the gate open for another bit of grovelling in the future
Yeah, the PMEII scares me ..I am more comfortable with the look and mechanics of the AP and I went without the absolute encoder option, figured that with better than +/- 2.5" raw periodic error anyway and much lower after PEC and not needing arc sec pointing etc for what I do, it seemed like many $1000's worth of overkill..?
Mike
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Its simpler to use than the PM mount and not fussed with being out of balance or anything like that. Encoders are good if imaging remote but all I ever do is just slew , plate solve and sync it will then be spot on the rest of the night. PE is a non issue as well with pec you will be around +- 1
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08-11-2018, 06:27 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: North Queensland
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Fantastic news and congratulations Mike! Really happy for you. Our small and friendly community will now eagerly anticipate unboxing photos and reading your report. Happy days!
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08-11-2018, 10:19 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slawomir
Fantastic news and congratulations Mike! Really happy for you. Our small and friendly community will now eagerly anticipate unboxing photos and reading your report. Happy days!
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Yeah...complete with obligatory glass of cold beer prop
Mike
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08-11-2018, 10:23 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,932
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Good on you Mike.
You deserve to use something so wonderful.
Alex
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10-11-2018, 11:51 AM
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Lee "Wormsy" Borsboom
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Kilcoy, QLD
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Awesome, Mike!
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10-11-2018, 01:07 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Well.....I do love my brilliant ol' NJP but I finally decided I need to move into this century aaaand I always wanted one of these babies, sooooo somehow I got the permission .... Can't wait to see it in the flesh...I am sure it will blow my eyeballs out of their sockets...
I do like to stick with working systems though, new ones always scare me
Mike
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Congrats mike! I love mine - any Absolute Encoders planned?
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10-11-2018, 03:25 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: perth w.a.
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there's an ap 1600 in the classifieds mike?
pat
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10-11-2018, 05:40 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Logieberra
Congrats mike! I love mine - any Absolute Encoders planned?
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No Logan, they really make the mount too expensive....
Quote:
Originally Posted by blink138
there's an ap 1600 in the classifieds mike?
pat
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Just too expensive Pat, that mount has the absolute encoders, the cost was already a wife worrying amount
Mike
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10-11-2018, 05:45 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strongmanmike
No Logan, they really make the mount too expensive....
Just too expensive Pat, that mount has the absolute encoders, the cost was already a wife worrying amount
Mike
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True that. I will get them, one day...
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10-11-2018, 05:49 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Logieberra
True that. I will get them, one day...
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I figured these mounts and its predecessors, have given faithful and very accurate service without AE's for a long time, so why did I need them and at the significant extra cost?
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