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Re: Preventing tracking on power up?

Hi Tom, The mount should not unpark and start tracking by itself. Is APCC running and initializing the mount when powered on? If you are using APCC, you should configure the hand controller for

By Ray Gralak · #74326 ·

Preventing tracking on power up?

Hi It seems that even though the mount is parked at the end of the evening, and then the power is turned off, when the power is turned on, the mount automatically starts tracking. This is an issue

By Tom Blahovici · #74325 ·

Re: consistent goto error on meridian flip w/1200

Congratulations!

By Christopher Erickson · #74324 ·

Re: APCC on a two-user Win10pro PC

David, You probably could get this to work, but I would not recommend it. And since this is not a supported configuration, if there are any problems we might not be able to help. Note that this

By Ray Gralak · #74323 ·

Re: APCC on a two-user Win10pro PC

Unfortunately, APCC stores settings in the same place for both users, so using it in this manner would be impossible, or at best, extremely inconvenient. Also, you cannot run more than one instance

By David Churchill · #74322 ·

Re: consistent goto error on meridian flip w/1200

Last night I used the ConeSharp program with spectacular results. This is a free product from the SharpCap team (Robin Glover et. al.). It uses a semi automated procedure to put a target star offset

By Steven Panish · #74321 ·

Re: Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX!

I share these concerns, and deplore Musk's reckless and self-centered behaviour. Witness as well how he has responded to the C19 pandemic. No Tesla products for me! He undeniably delivers. But

By Steven Panish · #74320 ·

Re: Stainless Steel Insert for Counterweight Shaft Threads

Thank you M Hambrick for those kind words! tony On 11/19/2020 8:56 AM, M Hambrick wrote:

By Harley Davidson · #74319 ·

Re: Soul Nebula / Westerhout 5 SHO

This is splendid. Well done ! Christian

By christian viladrich · #74318 ·

Re: Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX!

Looks like it: http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties.html But at the time these treaties were ratified (1960-1990), crawling space with tens of thousands of satellites within a few

By Sébastien Doré · #74317 ·

Re: Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX!

Doesn't look like the international astronomical community had much if any influence on the decisions. When the concerns were first raised, Elon's answer was "they can image from space" it was only

By Don Anderson · #74316 ·

Re: Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX!

IIRC, there IS a UN committee that works on international treaties about space activities. Before that there were space treaties between the USA and USSR. Then the EU got in the game. Then India,

By Christopher Erickson · #74315 ·

Re: Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX!

Ya gotta wonder who gets to decide who gets to use the space around our planet. I doesn't look like there was any international consultation or approval process for this SpaceX adventure. Elon is his

By Don Anderson · #74314 ·

Re: Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX!

Hi Karen, hi all, As impressive and full of proudness to U.S. people this technical accomplishment might be, let’s not forget that this very same company (SpaceX) is on the verge of

By Sébastien Doré · #74313 ·

Re: APCC on a two-user Win10pro PC

David, Unfortunately, APCC stores settings in the same place for both users, so using it in this manner would be impossible, or at best, extremely inconvenient. Also, you cannot run more than one

By Ray Gralak · #74312 · Edited

APCC on a two-user Win10pro PC

I want to install APCC at my remote observing site. The PC is a two user PC so that two of us can use the scope independently at their assigned times. It’s setup and running well with the AP V2

By David Churchill · #74311 ·

Re: #APCC Pro and Polar alignment on #Mach2GTO #APCC

Although I wouldn't recommend it, our first setup polar alignment was several *hundred* arcmin off and APCC was still able to correct it reasonably well. -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio

By Brian Valente · #74310 ·

Re: #APCC Pro and Polar alignment on #Mach2GTO #APCC

That's amazing. Thanks Roland

By KHursh · #74309 ·

Re: #APCC Pro and Polar alignment on #Mach2GTO #APCC

You could be worse than that and APPM will correct it nicely. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #74308 ·

#APCC Pro and Polar alignment on #Mach2GTO #APCC

Let's assume somewhere between 1 and 2 arc-min of error. Will APPM correct that or does it need to be tighter?

By KHursh · #74307 ·

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