Hi Derek I have a Pelican case which is waterproof and very sturdy for travel. I know there are other brands similar to pelican that are cheaper but mine works very well for my Mach 1. Bruce

Dear AP mount owners, I have a Mach1 from the final production run and it’s been a pleasure to use in my backyard. When transporting it in my sedan I’ve resorted to the original AP shipment

I had a lengthy session with George yesterday. PHD2 now is working. I still am having tracking problems with short exposures, which I did not have previously. It is possible my concrete pier shifted

If you are connecting the CP4 directly to your PC you probably need a cross-over version of the ethernet cable. If you have a router, plug the CP4 into that. Tom

Hello, since I installed the last ascom driver, I lost some windows on the driver setup. I was told to update my CP4 firmware to fix bugs. Here come the problems : Il canot connect my CP4 with

John Always good to err on the side of caution. Use only accounts for a portion of the grease degradation. Age is a factor as well. I found after re greasing my AP900 (2009 vintage) that the gear

I decided that at my Mach1's age (second run 2007) and it's new use, slewing around the AP254 with 60# of counter weights I should re-grease it. The mount does not sit outside and is used for visual

I was trying to point out that below the top window the lower one is showing COM Errors. That could be that it took a while to connect before acknowledgment and simply hasn’t been cleared or maybe

If there are Com errors then there may be no connection to the mount, and therefore the mount might not even be initialized. Rolando

Interestingly there seems to be COM errors. What’s that about? -Steve

Just look at the motor shaft. If it's not turning then it's not tracking. No reason to wait until tonight. Do you have a keypad (hand controller)? Rolando

Here are current settings. ASCOM is showing the correct mount and control box. I do not see how to change these ins ASCOM. only in APCC. It shows the mount as tracking, but last night it was not. I

I assume you mean that the motor shaft is not turning. But since the motor does slew, then you probably have selected STOP on one of your apps. There are 4 tracking speeds, Sidereal, Solar, Lunar and

I still had the problem last night. The gear box did not show any movement. Parks and slews are normal; there is no mechanical problem with the mount. It either is software, or a problem with the

I really like this. Cool galaxies. Robert

VERY nice processing Geoff! Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/ -- Stuart http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/

Interesting shape that object has .. Yodalando

This was taken at the last new moon period https://www.astrobin.com/8aalro/ IC 2631 is a blue reflection nebula in the far southern constellation of Chamaeleon. It surrounds a young T Tauri star

The final spur gear on the worm will turn once every 6.4 minutes. The motor shaft turns once in just under 8 seconds. Rolando

I was having problems with the ASCOM driver a few days ago.I took the photo after I recorded the log, but was the same as was occurring while the log was running. I checked for obstructions....none