Looks like the image got resized down to about 20% of what I posted. Will have to post it elsewhere at full res. Rolando

Nicely done! 🙂

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Hello some more ;^)) I took some 30 images over 3 hours almost continuously without touching the laptop, except to re-focus a couple of times. In the final stack i threw out 3 frames that had heavy

Hello again, During the imaging session after it got dark, I turned the custom rate on to track the object for the next 3 hours. Seeing was poor as shown by Clear Sky Clock, so I wasn't expecting the

Hello Astronuts, Finally had a night of clear skies where i could test the Mach2 with my 160EDF scope. I am finalizing some new features in the keypad which include tracking limits that were recently

Thank you, Tan. Got it installed. Found the "This form is always on top" checkbox too. :) I have had PemPRO for several years, and it has always alerted me to an update, too.

It will be until I get to the point where I decide to automate focusing. Then I need to provide another USB port at the optical tube. -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery -

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Ok, great! Thanks all for the information. David

Maybe that's all you need. Rolando

You can download it from here: http://www.apastrosoftware.com/apcc_download/APCC_Pro_Setup_1.8.1.1.exe For whatever reason, some APCC installs are unable to find the latest updates when "check for

Thanks Roland for the advice. All excellent points. Much appreciated. The through the mount cabling of the Mach2 will be a nice upgrade for me and will open the door to more automation in my

The PE curve will apply to the mount, and has no bearing on what happens to the main scope flexure. By definition the PE curve cannot store flexure and making a PE curve automatically throws out any

Should work fine, IIRC Ray has a special version of PHD just for PEMPro usage.

I think so if you have a good pixel scale. Rolando

Good polar alignment helps a lot. Keeping the tripod/pier low makes for a more stable system. If you have more than 1 main scope, then side by side is more stable than on top of each other, unless the

Hey David, I'm sure you're right to be wondering about the guide scope approach. Have you used this guide scope / main scope together before and confirmed there is no flexure? If you haven't I'd be

Hello All, This may be a silly question, but can I use an ASI 290 mini guide camera (2.9 pixel size) through my guide scope (162 mm focal length) to create a PEM curve for my AP1100 when the day

Thanks Roland, after your advice yesterday I'm not really concerned about guiding settings. My intent was to solicit any general operating tips from users based on their experience. For instance, it