Re: [APML] Mount for C-14 at a University

[Tim Povlick <potentate@cox.net>]

Gil Shillcutt wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Sorry to disrupt the JPEG thing, but I have an APML-related topic :-)  
> I've been contacted by a local university professor who is looking to 
> put a C-14 back into service.  The C-14 has been mounted on the 
> standard fork mount (I don't know the scope's vintage).  He would like 
> to mount it on a pier and GEM, with the express purpose of performing 
> photometry and astrophotography.  I suspect that his astrophotography 
> may be CCD-based, but let's assume film.
>
> He's proposing using Losmandy's new HGM Titan, info here: 
> http://www.losmandy.com/hgm-titan.html
>
> The mount looks like a great new mount for amateurs, but I wonder if 
> it will be sufficient in a university setting.  Does anyone have 
> thoughts on this?
>
> -- Gil
>
Gil,

Not sure why the poor Losmandy mounts received such a bad rating.  There are
many examples on the web of people using these for astro work, including me
with about 55#s of equipment (shooting at 1200mm focal length, f7.9).  The
company has come up with a new way to make worms gears so that they are
smoother and less PE excursion.

The new Titan looks pretty interesting in my book.  


Good Luck,


Tim Povlick
San Juan Capistrano, CA



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