Re: Skysensor 2000-PC availability?

From: Stephen Paul (spaul219_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:14:01 -0500

"Roger Hamlett" <rogerspamignored@ttelmah.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1OtEd.206$SN.11@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...

> Both routes work. I have a friend, who updated his mount using the
> Autostar route some time ago, and does guided CCD imaging quite well on
> this. I have also helped recently, with a user doing the 'Celestron swap',
> and again this was not too hard, and appears to work quite well.
> I have a SS2K, and still think it is my 'favourite' hand controller, but
> the cabling is very untidy compared to the Celestron route, and the
> pointing accuracy of all the units is quite capable of hitting any target
> that is wanted.

In case anyone is interested in seeing the 1997 Celestron/Vixen GP outfitted
with the AS-GT drives and plastic housings... look here, and scroll down as
necessary.

http://home.comcast.net/~smarshallpaul/index.html

(Site is a very early work in progress.... someday there might actually even
be an observatory building... for now, its just little old me, observing and
occasionally imaging from my backyard, and posting my meager results.)

Stephen Paul
Shirley, MA

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