Price Drop, Astro-Physics AP900-CP3 Mount & Portable Pier
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I have decided to end my astrophotography hobby. I am selling the three elements of my setup separately (Planewave CDK 12.5, Astro-physics AP900 and SBIG 11000m/FW8).
This is the mount. It was purchased used in 2007 from Jim Schenz on Astromart. It was a 2004 model and he was the original owner.
The mount included the following:
2004 model AP900GTO mount serial# 900322
- Hand controller with rubber protector
- Standard length counterweight shaft
- Two counterweights, 18 lb and 10 lb
- Astro-Physics DOVELM saddle to accept Losmandy dovetail plates
- Standard 12v power cable and Y-cable for RA/DEC drives
- A-P 8X48/42 Portable Pier (two tubes for the two heights)
Over the next few years I bought the following upgrades for the mount:
18SCWT |
$140 |
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18lb counterweight |
M12601-B |
$80.00 |
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Older Style 19.5" Counterweight Shaft (M12601-B) |
900DU |
$650 |
|
Declination upgrade
|
GTOCP3 |
$995 |
|
Controller upgrade |
900RPA |
$325 |
|
Precision-adjust Rotating Pier Adapter |
9AZKIT |
$158 |
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My asking price is $6000 (I paid $10,150). Buyer pays shipping from zipcode 03063 in Nashua, NH. I estimate the weight of the mount, counterweights and pier to be roughly 150lbs.
This mount is an excellent fit for my Planewave telescope and it has been a joy to use. It has always resided in my garage when it was not rolled onto my driveway for imaging.
My most recent reprogramming of the periodic error in aug-2017 yielded these results. The post correction error was a small fraction of an arcsecond.
Here is my last image of M27 from that same timeframe.
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