Steve - Can’t agree more. I recently acquired a AP1100 to replace my CGEM. What a difference!!!

I know it's unintentional but can we please show some respect for Steven and his superb image and open a new thread if you want to talk about somebody else's gear instead of his image? Stuart

Hey Brian, That all sounds good. I’ve been starting APCC and using it for all the setting, parking, unparking, etc. and then starting CDC for object selection and slewing to, so far. I haven’t

Hi, Jim: Is that an eyepiece turret from the late great Van Slyke Engineering? Eric Baumgartner Redding, CT USA From: Astro-Physics GTO users group <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 03:48 AM, uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> wrote: I was talking about the startup procedure, which is very simple as I outlined. No need to do a lot of fancy stuff to get the mount

Superb shot Steven! Stuart -- Stuart http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/

I was talking about the startup procedure, which is very simple as I outlined. No need to do a lot of fancy stuff to get the mount started. Rolando

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Here’s my Mach 1 with AP 130 F/8.35 ready to go after double stars. I’ve had the Mach1 for many many years and it has never failed me. Jim Get Outlook for iOS

looks fantastic "seymore stars" - lol

Wow! Now you’re cookin’ with gas! Jim Get Outlook for iOS

I really like the feature which allows moving the meridian, eliminating the need for a meridian flip. It worked out well last night. Full resolution -https://www.astrobin.com/full/kj0dtp/B/ Thank you

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 02:16 PM, uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> wrote: Remove the RAPAS with its dovetail by sliding it back out and put is snuggly away into its box.Is it possible to re-design the RAPM2

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Steve I use Cartes du Ciel (CdC) with my 1100 successfully. Here are some tips, once George gets you up and running smoothly. Once all the connections are made (ASCOM driver, COM ports, etc), I

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 05:34 PM, uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> wrote: We tried to make this mount, and all our mounts, as easy to operate as possible. Problem is that people go thru all kinds of steps

Hey Rolando, That sounds like exactly what I think the problem is. I have not even attempted to do a polar alignment on the mount yet. Just got everything all up and running and was just trying to

Hey Konstantin, No, I don't have a handpad, keyboard only.

Best to talk to George at AP and have him explain how to set up your APCC software. You can disable the setting in APCC that prevents recal on an object that is too far away. It is a safety feature to

There is no need to park any of our mounts. You can just yank the power cord out of the wall, then next time plug it back in. The mount doesn't care, and that includes the Mach1, mach2, 1100, 1600,