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Guider exposure times?

Curious as to what people have for guider exposures forvarious systems. Was having some issues guiding my 1600/CDK 17/Maxim 5.18/STL6303E(guiding with camera) in that the stars were not always

By Mike Shade · #70042 ·

Re: Error Connecting to ASCOM Driver #ASCOM_V2_Driver

> I worked with George at AstroPhysics on this issue. We reviewed all the settings and corrected those that > needed it. I’m enclosing an image of issue. When I start ACCP it doesn’t

By Ray Gralak · #70041 ·

Re: Mach1 CP3 pier crash!! (Similar to CP4 crash in another thread)

Indeed. The only time my Pyramid shut down was in the summer heat. That week I placed a small fan to circulate the air around it and the problem went away.

By Michael 'Mikey' Mangieri · #70040 ·

Lunar Tracking with Horizons #APCC

I have the most recent version of APCC and Horizons and wanting to know that when I’m in the “Track Target” mode how do I reposition the object [Moon] but still retain tracking? According to

By dnakic@... · #70039 ·

Error Connecting to ASCOM Driver #ASCOM_V2_Driver

I worked with George at AstroPhysics on this issue. We reviewed all the settings and corrected those that needed it. I’m enclosing an image of issue. When I start ACCP it doesn’t AutoConnect,

By dnakic@... · #70038 ·

Re: Mach1 CP3 pier crash!! (Similar to CP4 crash in another thread)

Hi, You should be aware that under certain conditions, ANY Pyramid power supply, including the one sold through AP, may NOT reset its “thermal breaker” after a dropout, for upto a half

By Joe Zeglinski · #70037 ·

Re: Mach1GTO RA is lurching back and forth a LOT

If you did a balance with the worm gear backed off, you may have backed off the worm in a forbidden position. The ONLY configuration that you can back off the worm is in Park3. If you tried to back

By Roland Christen · #70036 ·

Mach1GTO RA is lurching back and forth a LOT

When new (November 2017) my Mach1GTO was very smooth. I could shoot 5 minute subs unguided at 480mm all night long. Now the RA has regular "lurches" (as I call them). See the PHD2 Guiding assistant

By fd@... · #70035 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 06:01 PM, Rick Socarras wrote: AP has been busy! I was notified this Monday that my Mach 2 was ready! It's on it's way to me now and yes I'm very excited. Thankfully, the

By Dominique Durand · #70034 ·

Re: CP4 Time & Location

Thanks guys, sorry for taking up you time. After I posted the question I opened up " Telescope Setup" and realized there was my answer. Since getting the mount recently I have very little time out

By Wes Atchison · #70033 ·

Re: CP4 Time & Location

You enter these things in the "Telescope Setup" window. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #70032 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

Yes, you're on the list, a bit down but within reach ;^) Rolando

By Roland Christen · #70031 ·

Re: CP4 Time & Location

Wes, It comes from APCC or from the AP V2 driver. Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-282-1513 Email: george@...

By George · #70030 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 09:01 AM, Rick Socarras wrote: AP has been busy! I was notified this Monday that my Mach 2 was ready! It's on it's way to me now and yes I'm very excited. Thankfully, the

By Dean Jacobsen · #70029 ·

CP4 Time & Location

Trying to get my head around how the CP4 gets the time and location from a computer. I have read the manual for the CP4 and searched the topic on the group page. I understand the information from

By Wes Atchison · #70028 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

AP has been busy! I was notified this Monday that my Mach 2 was ready! It's on it's way to me now and yes I'm very excited. Thankfully, the wait was nothing compared to the 130 GTX! Thank you AP

By Rick Socarras · #70027 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 07:59 AM, dvjbaja wrote: We can only hope that one of those mounts is Deans! LOL One can only hope. ;-) -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery -

By Dean Jacobsen · #70026 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 07:54 AM, uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> wrote: We are busy assembling and shipping. I have people doing sub-assemblies at home and I am doing all final assembly and testing here.

By Dean Jacobsen · #70025 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

We can only hope that one of those mounts is Deans! LOL On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 7:54 AM uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:

By dvjbaja · #70024 ·

Re: Mach2 Status Update

We are busy assembling and shipping. I have people doing sub-assemblies at home and I am doing all final assembly and testing here. There are mounts going out pretty much every day now. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #70023 ·

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