Yes, maybe a fine point. I wear one not for my own protection because breathing in doesn't prevent my getting a lung full of critters. My mask is for the protection of other people so that my phlegm

You can only get tracking without trailing in an area around the zenith, but only if you have the azimuth axis adjusted properly for no drift in Dec and the altitude axis adjusted for no drift in RA

Hi Peter, sorry, I tend to write too quickly and my english doesn't really support me :-) I will try to clarify: Q:You don't have OTA ready but still get drift in your images? How can you get images

Hi Astronuts, This is completely off-topic. My daughter sent me this funny video which attempts to answer today's most pressing question. What are masks for and do they really work? The video is funny

The keypad always had the latest data for planets. Where it was lacking was in the data for stars which lacked the extra decimal points for the highest precision and also lacked calculations for

You indicated: "I need to polar align my Mach 2 very quickly" To echo what many others have indicated, consider using the RAPAS to initially polar align. With a little practice, this takes about two

thank you! need to check the location I entered in Polemaster software too! that could be the simple reason for my problem...

Thanks, Roland. I’ve been watching Christopher Go post his images over the years and have regarded them with a great deal of envy. From a presentation he gave for Woodland Hills, it seems he

I got a few more images from my test trip for my new ASI2600 CMOS color camera. Pelican Nebula The bright stars in the Pelican got blown out and really unfixable with the shorter exposure subs so I

I've used the polemaster with my Mach1 the last couple of years without any problem (I haven't been able to test the Mach2 yet, it's winter here). A couple of things to keep in mind: - Make sure

Andrea, Your original post message is a little confusing. First you said: "The procedure goes very well, till the end, including the precise alignment step, but I have drift in my images." then you

agree- PM + SC works great; simple, fast and accurate as long as you are within 5 degrees of Polaris so the internal plate solver can work

>>>I will give a chance to the pole master+SC software. in my experience it works fantastically well one note: make sure you enter the setup information correctly in Sharpcap. It's not clear but you

One thing that I use SC + PM camera for after polar alignment is monitoring sky conditions. IMO, it’s a complete waste to have a camera just sitting there and doing nothing after polar alignment. I

Thank you, I will give a chance to the pole master+SC software. If it doesn’t work , I will probably go for the Rapas. Andrea

Yes. The PA feature alone is worth the ~$15 a year cost, in addition to the general usefulness that SharpCap offers. I don't mind supporting Robin's efforts.

That is great news. Still have not had a clear night yet to try 3 arc lines, weather forecast is showing early next week .. I think the night of the full moon (typical). When using 3 arc lines, what

SharpCap Pro is a critical tool for me. I use it for controlling my QHY174M-GPS cameras when doing occultations. The price is dirt-cheap and I would still pay for it at four times the price. It is the

Repetitive Duplication of posted forum messages: For example, searching through this group’s posts over the past 2 years, I found from “Jimmyjujames” ... 6 edited copies from 1/11/2019,

I am moving to a new imaging laptop in a couple of days and will be installing APCC Pro, ASCOM 6.4 and the AP ASCOM driver on it. I found the hidden C:\ProgramData\Astro-Physics\APCC\ directory. I