I will be goinf this weekend to a hill station , my daughter is tagging along .I would be uisng my Mach1 and she would use the LX 200 classic on a wedge .I havent used the mount in ten years, i

I was going to chime in as well saying that the Herschel wedge from Baader focused fine on my AP130EDT (same should be true for the 155EDF) and it comes in two forms one of which is 'P' i.e.

My Baader Herschel Wedge focuses on my Traveler, and have imaged with it.

Thanks...but a wedge would not allow any photography/imaging and is more than I want to spend on something that will not get used much. Thank you Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com Mike J. Shade

Good point on the backfocus. Both my AP155 and 130 GTO have plenty of backfocus for my 2" Baader wedge. My previous AP130 f6 also had plenty of backfocus. TeleVue scopes I've had in the past did not

Hi, I'd suggest as a (cheaper) still-quite-good alternative: http://astrosolar.com/en/information/about-astrosolar-solar-film/astrosolar-technical-info/ Two versions: one for visual, one for

A Herschel Wedge! Baader or Lunt. I've used them on my AP scopes with great success. The solar load on a quality refractor is no problem so long as the scope has front lens elements only. You'll get

I realize most of the A-P crew is at NEAF but I thought I would try this question here in case they check in. Setting up my AP1600GTO-AE. I want to run the serial cable about 25ft from the GTOCP3

Hi, Newbie here... I have a Mach 1 running with CP3 and a USB-Serial interface to a Dell with Windows 10. I've got an active com port and can control the mount with SkyX Pro. I am trying to get

Curious as to what solar filters folks have found to begood...I was thinking of a Thousand Oaks glass filter for the 160 EDF...anyonehave one for use with this scope...what size fits properly...?

I could not get this to work so I called. A lot of app's you put in the unbinned image scale and it uses the bin selected to correct it when plate solve. this does not do that, you choose the bin

Wayne, Yes, that can happen under certain circumstances if a move is more than about 1 degree. Apcc was playing it safe by approaching the target in RA only. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC

I've been getting comfortable with using APCC meridian settings, tracking Jupiter with CW up so as to track it further before being obstructed by my roofline for example. Last night, I was doing

The only situation where a great polar alignment is necessary vs. just a good polar alignment is when imaging the same target (or a multi-panel mosaic) over the course of a few months. An average

That's very good alignment. In the past I obsessed way too much on getting the most perfect polar alignment possible, wasting way too much valuable time under clear skies. I've now come to appreciate

Frank: I see no reason why this couldn't be done with some construction work and careful adjustments on your part. I would imagine in the end the procedure would end up being very similar to

This issue isn't defining a site. I've had my sites defined and saved for months now. In the screenshot I blacked out the numerical site coordinates so all you hooligans didn't know where I live

Joel, Just a shot in the dark, but when you defined theobservatory location “HOME” did you have the lat & long entered already?Sometimes defining a “new” location, can be sequence

Yeah I know a screenshot doesn't help with fixing it. I'm glad to provide logs or anything else if it is helpful. joel

Hi Joel, Unfortunately a screen shot doesn't help at all as it gives no indication how it got that way. That said, Howard at AP created a bug ticket for this a few days back. I spent a number hours