Hi Mike, I use a massive Losmandy HD tripod, with its 1/4” thickpipe walls, as a permanent pier, so am not that familiar with the boltsprovided for the AP mount base ring, or any problems

Thanks Im forecasted to have a clear night here tonight and tomorrow. With a near full moon it's a perfect time to take the gear out for tests. I checked the Losmandy HD tripod indoors securing all

Howdy boys and girls! Last week I acquired a late 2015 Mach 1/CP4 that is in immaculate condition. I know the gentleman that I bought it from used it. I just can't prove it. There's nothing wrong

Hi Joe I had a similar experience as yours with my 1100 mount shortly after I got it. I am also strictly a mobile user, setting up and taking down the mount in my back yard every time I use it. I am

You can use the clutches on the older style. Just loosen the knobs 4 to 6 turns until they are very loose. You can then get a good feel for the balance. In fact, with the 1100 mount and the older

Man, I really hope these new boxes get issued as a retrofit. I've never used the new boxes but it sounds like they would be a godsend to us mobile users.

Nothing to it and a great feature. I use them all the time in place of clutches. I RARELY loosen or tighten the clutches.

Hey cool! Rolando

Sure, All I do is watch the drift when doing a PEMPro run. The idea is to adjust the altitude axis slightly up or down until the drift zeros out. Each worm cycle takes about 6.4 minutes, and the

One of the things our electronic engineer is working on. Rolando

Tom, See our Tech Support page: http://www.astro-physics.com/tech_support/mounts/Drift_Alignment_RA_Correction_Method.pdf Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone:

I've just been trying out PEMPro on my new Mach1 and I must say that I'm impressed … both by PEMPro and the mount! There are two images of curves in the folder "Mach1 PEC test" on this Yahoo group -

Roland, Can you elaborate on your PemPro curve RA adjustment procedure? Tom Haugh Pear Tree Observatory IAU H23 www.ptobservatory.com

Roland, I own both a 900 CP3 and a new 1100 CP4. And my club has a 1200 CP3. I agree with your comments re: the performance of the 1100 mount. Plus the new features are big improvements.....having

For those who hate the files section, I have also posted it here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AstroPhysicsCorp/photos/a.773726079467391/1044748629031800/?type=3&theater Rolando

Hi Astronuts, My recent testing of mounts included an 1100 mount set up with my 130 EDX refractor and the analysis software PEMPro. Our runs of the 1100 mount have been very consistent with low

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ap-gto group. File : /1100 Periodic error

Rolando: Thanks for the clarification on the differences between a triplet and doublet refractor related to narrow band imaging. I have been able to find several sample images taken in NB using

Thank you Roland, thank you all.

Yes, I realize that. That is why I suggested the following: Then tightenthings down and slew the RA and Dec axes around and watch Polaris to see if it changes position on the circle. If it moves