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Hey, I actually have two of your asterisms (the Monti's) in my logbook! :D Man, I hate it when the sky teases you like that! I still remember...

I give up. Its Pointless. and Very Bias. I'm gone

Hi Keith, Sure. Faster focal ratio (FR) scopes (f/5 and faster) bend the gathered light "harder" to bring the focal point closer to the main...

Hi JG. A beautiful set of vintage optics in your collection. And they all appear to be in excellent condition too. I am afraid that the oldest...

Great images all around!

Hi SpaceCorgi. The answer to your question would be very long and detailed. I have often said that AP has a vertical learning curve. If you are...

Hi Gorden. I've got my votes in, and as always I had to go back over the images several times. It is always a tough choice with so many excellent...

Hi and welcome to the forum. :welcomesign:

Beautiful Scott! Really well done.:twothumbsup:

WE all seem to want to find a Zilla of some sort I named most of my Scopes with Zilla names :)

Yes that seems to be the case here also. Still with my new equipment coming your skies way out in Arkansas should clear soon.

Really nice image! Forgive my ignorance, but what is involved in capturing an image like this?

These would seriously outperform the monocular you are looking at for a lower cost. ...

A very impressive image, Scott! Wow!

Welcome aboard Rick and clear skies to you.

I ordered the AT 152EDT Refractor got it 600 off as it was a unused display model at a star party. I also ordered the CGEM II mount for this scope as...

Cool, I would love to take one of these mounts apart to see how they have it setup :)

I am glad that worked out for you! :)

Well, I suppose technically, a camera lens inverts an image (i.e. rotates it 180 degrees). But when the image is recorded to a file, the software...

I do appreciate the response. I think I mentioned it was an Evolution... so it is not spur gears. Also, the objects were far from the Telrad finder,...

Conditions could have been better, a lot better. :D But you gave it both barrels and logged a few targets. It's a win in my book!

Well done Alan on another excellent night. Good job with the galaxies, as well. So far I have almost been shut out this Fall, contending with...

Well I had a bit of good news, I connected the CEM60 to the original power supply and it came back to life! What a relief as this is my major piece...

Don't forget to vote!!!

I enjoy looking at yours and other's images on this forum and admire your dedication but I found years ago it just requires to much time and effort...

Thanks for sharing

Double WOW ,what a really lovely image. Thank you for sharing it .

The wow moment and the difficulties with AP on my SCT prompted a two-hour drive the following weekend to buy my first AP scope at Explorer Scientific...

A wonderful image Scott, well done!