Ray, I have APCC Standard set up for auto initialization with a five second delay. I also have PEM set to start via initialization. The problem is the inconsistency of PEM starting at the same

Spectacular!

Hi Ron, Thanks. But you have to back up a little. There is only a small part of the chicken in the image. A wider FOV will reveal it. Terry

Thanks Stuart

Sure Andy, I’m away at the moment with work, it will be a few days. Regards, Matt Hughes

>>> Matt wrote: >>> When I do a calibration with my 1100 with Absolute Encoders I get a text book result. No backlash. The guiding assistant after a 8 min run a few nights back said I had 248 rms

Ron, 1) I haven’t been following this thread until now. So I don’t recall if you have a brand new Mach1 with the “new” adjustable gear assembly or not. I have an older Mach1 that

Makes me feel much better thanks. (all) Still I wish I could run some sort of test and feel secure in my purchase.

outstanding - can't find a chicken though = )

Beautiful result Terry! Stuart -- Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/featured.html

“Guide assistant in PHD2 shows a lot of backlash again in the Mach1.” When I do a calibration with my 1100 with Absolute Encoders I get a text book result. No backlash. The guiding assistant after

Its pretty easy to actually visually see backlash if you look at the gear meshing. Call AP and someone will certainly be able to help you. The DEC backlash on my new Mach1 was

Ron, Do not put much weight in Guide Assistant backlash tests with an A-P mount. There is at least one flaw I found in their code. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

Hi Ron, Yes there were some very recent enhancements to the Create PEC dialog in V3, but the basic flow is the same. In fact if you accepted the defaults in the Create PEC dialog you should get a

Oh I remember the manual issue - it's for a older version and doesn't look anything like V3. options, check boxes changed some new some missing etc.

I'm so frustrated. Being totally new to this I junked in head first... (had problems using a NEQ6) sold it and jumped in again. Figuring 6,000 would solve my problem. Did I get a lemon? or am I just

I think I did it last night. I entered my own image scale. Though I forgot to check that "X" box that was in the step by step. I recorded around 10 passes. I noticed each was considerably

Actually, PemPro is very easy to use – and yes it doescalculate image scale in its “PEC Calibration Wizard”. I suggest that you print out the entire PemPro HELP file. It is verydetailed, and

This is a crop of the Running Chicken Nebula. Its formal name is IC 2944 Lambda Centauri. It is an area of gas and newborn stars that lies around 6500 light years away in the constellation of

"I suspect I have to re-record pec data - as I tried with the new image scale and my peak to peak PE was 11.18 rather than 7.45 previously. I'll re-record the pec data. " Isn't image scale