Grant, that's an excellent idea. Check. I've also cleaned the observatory.
On a sad note, we lost Mr Meow on Sunday morning. Two dogs mauled him at the front of our house. I'm real upset. A horrible way for my little mate to go I only mention it here, after my earlier posts regarding him
FedEx brought the mount in country, and Emo Trans Australia are the domestic freight forwarding company on this occasion. They are arranging for a customs broker to clear the GST/duties on my behalf.
For any potential AP mount owners following this thread, it goes without saying, but be sure to factor in BIG coin for tax disbursements on arrival in Sydney:
Case in point, for my 8 boxes @ 116KG:
-- clearance/brokerage fees: $99
-- import gst: $1,520
-- customs entry charge: $137
-- bank fees on disbursement: $8
-- merchant surcharge on credit card usage: $35
Wow Logan, great pictures, that's one big mount, looks very impressive and is sure to provide performance to match - as your PE curve suggests already Loved the photo of you bear hug carrying the mount.. reminded me of my past An El Capitan 3600 would have been a cinch then
Wow Logan, great pictures, that's one big mount, looks very impressive and is sure to provide performance to match - as your PE curve suggests already Loved the photo of you bear hug carrying the mount.. reminded me of my past An El Capitan 3600 would have been a cinch then
What scope do you plan on anyway?
Mike
Mike, I'm with you! Anything above an EQ6 mount does require some level of athleticism! These sorts of mounts aren't for the Mr Burns, 60mm refractor types out there
As for your '170kg Husafel Stone' weight class of mount, that would be an El Capitan at the bare minimum! More like a Planewave CDK700!
Hey guys, another positive AP experience to share. Here's my guide graph. It's a 5 min guided exposure @ image scale of 1.419 arc-sec/pixel. Again, I've got dodgy seeing from the Canberra burbs
With errors bouncing between +0.2 and -0.2 of a pixel on both x and y, with my image scale @ 1.419 arc-sec/pixel, would this equate to an error in x and y of around +0.28 and -0.28 arc-sec/pixel?