Ken Crawford
18-11-2010, 11:30 AM
Hello,
I had to decommission our observatory in Moorook, AU and have a Paramount ME for sale. I figured I would give someone in AU a chance to buy it before I ship it back to the states. It helped me get great data and several APOD's.
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Moorook.html
The mount is currently at Brad Moore's house in Beaconsfield, VIC 3807. It was shipped to AU about 3 years ago and has been in used remotely since then. Brad has done the installation and the take down of the equipment for me.
Information Update:
The current Corrected PEC is at about 0.8 arc/sec at 3000mm focol length. My normal RMS tracking errors are about .2 to .3 arc/sec. Because the uncorrected PEC went above spec I obtained a new RA worm assembly from Software Bisque and gave it to Brad at AIC2010. Because Brad is a great Tech I am paying him to replace the current worm with the new one and test it to make sure it is to new specs. I just found out this will be done in about two weeks from now. I wanted to make sure it worked like new.
I also got an update to the parts list.
Paramount ME/ VersaPlate
Power supply
Five (5) counter weights (Sorry the picture shows one of Brad's counterweights)
Shaft extension
TheSky6 and Tpoint (Brand New)
Black Shipping Box (not original foam)
So if you are looking for a state of the art robotic mount - here is your chance. Brad will be providing some pictures I will post in a couple of days.
Price is $12,300.00 USD
Price is for pick-up at Brad's home in Beaconsfield, VIC 3807. Brad can ship it anywhere but Shipping charges are extra. The mount should be availble in a couple of weeks.
Kindest Regards,
Ken Crawford
www.imagingdeepsky.com (http://www.imagingdeepsky.com)
I had to decommission our observatory in Moorook, AU and have a Paramount ME for sale. I figured I would give someone in AU a chance to buy it before I ship it back to the states. It helped me get great data and several APOD's.
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Moorook.html
The mount is currently at Brad Moore's house in Beaconsfield, VIC 3807. It was shipped to AU about 3 years ago and has been in used remotely since then. Brad has done the installation and the take down of the equipment for me.
Information Update:
The current Corrected PEC is at about 0.8 arc/sec at 3000mm focol length. My normal RMS tracking errors are about .2 to .3 arc/sec. Because the uncorrected PEC went above spec I obtained a new RA worm assembly from Software Bisque and gave it to Brad at AIC2010. Because Brad is a great Tech I am paying him to replace the current worm with the new one and test it to make sure it is to new specs. I just found out this will be done in about two weeks from now. I wanted to make sure it worked like new.
I also got an update to the parts list.
Paramount ME/ VersaPlate
Power supply
Five (5) counter weights (Sorry the picture shows one of Brad's counterweights)
Shaft extension
TheSky6 and Tpoint (Brand New)
Black Shipping Box (not original foam)
So if you are looking for a state of the art robotic mount - here is your chance. Brad will be providing some pictures I will post in a couple of days.
Price is $12,300.00 USD
Price is for pick-up at Brad's home in Beaconsfield, VIC 3807. Brad can ship it anywhere but Shipping charges are extra. The mount should be availble in a couple of weeks.
Kindest Regards,
Ken Crawford
www.imagingdeepsky.com (http://www.imagingdeepsky.com)