RoboFocus and interference banding in images.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

Yes!
If the dew system gives no banding problem it should be fine with the Robofocus

That's what I thought Dave, sounds ok.

Originally Posted by AlexN

Great to hear you got it all up and running mate..

Just in case you're ever in need of a spare.. I'll gladly swap you my soul for your scope/camera...

That thing is a MONSTER! I put my TMB 80/480 + Orion SS Pro next to my laptop and the laptop looks big... You put your AP152 + PL11002M next to your laptop, and all of a sudden, the room the whole shebang is in looks decidedly small

I love it... L - O - V - E Love.

She is a beauty that's for sure, actually I just had a kind of argument with my wife last night when we were talking about our wills, I made the suggestion that I'd like some of my good astro gear to be given away to some worthy imagers out there if I die and she nearly hit the roof man I was just trying to give back to a commuity that that I love and she thought that my son should be able to just sell it all to the highest bidder ...sorry folks...I'll work on it

[AlexN]

I would like to think that If i ever have kids and I end up with a setup like yours, that when I died my kid would take an interest in the hobby I enjoyed and try and get some use out of it all... Sure, I'd understand if they were in a financial position in which they required the money.. but in any other circumstance I would like to be able to look down at my family, and see them looking back up at me through the equipment I'd worked so hard to acquire..

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Thanks again everyone for your help and suggestions, much appreciated and for you Alex.....look and drool

oh and I'm 6ft 1" and 137kg too

he he

Mike

[AlexN]

There is a puddle under my computer desk now.. Cheers...

Mop up on Isle 4!

Im 6'1" too... gives me a good idea of size... ie - DAMN MASSIVE! Your camera/focuser are bigger than my entire setup hahaha...

Yes.. Very cool.... **Alex watches the clock and counts down the apporximate seconds until he shall receive a call from Astro-Physics regarding his AP130 Star-Fire.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Everything on that image train and scope is now the highest quality available on the market today....except for the finder = $90 Russian trash ...oh and my thongs = $4.99 from KMart. My wife may let me pass those on freely when I die..?

Once you get that call from Astrophysics and assuming you aren't in an aged care facility by then you will also need a new mount too or are you on the AP900 mount list too?

Mike

[AlexN]

on the AP1200 list...

haha.. At least you have a finder, even if it is russian trash!

From what I understand I have 6 years wait on the AP130, and roughly half that for the AP1200GTO...... by that time I hope to have my new camera.. Just trying to put my finger on exactly what that will be...

[DavidU (Dave)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

on the AP1200 list...

haha.. At least you have a finder, even if it is russian trash!

From what I understand I have 6 years wait on the AP130, and roughly half that for the AP1200GTO...... by that time I hope to have my new camera.. Just trying to put my finger on exactly what that will be...

6 years?I get crusified if I can't deliver a custom job in 3 months !
I'm going to print off an AP waiting list for my customers.

[AlexN]

Thems the brakes Dave... From what I remember, Mike waited almost 9 years for his AP152... You must remember, Astro-Physics are actually a very small company, and their production runs are done by model, to order... The finished a run of the AP130 SF EDT's about 2 months ago.. they then move on and do a run of 140mm, 155mm, then they will likely go back to the start do a run of the smaller Traveller scopes, then back to the AP130.. this is, of course, in between doing runs of the AP Mach 1 GTO, AP900 GTO, AP1200GTO and AP3600 GTO mounts... Considering the exceptional quality of every single scope and mount that is sold, their wait times are actually exceptionally low...