Roland, Please point me to your simple polar alignment method. Shailesh

oops, the base is 3 feet in diameter. The pier is from Software Bisque and is 10" in diameter. It bolts to 4 stainless steel rods embedded in the concrete. In the summer I take the whole things

Pointing model comes automatic with APCC-APPM. It's not mount specific. Polar alignment is so simple, almost anyone can do it with eyes closed if you use my method. It's also fast and quite accurate.

Rough estimate ~ $15k. Rolando

Good point. Single RA encoder would be enough. Price would certainly come down that way.

Do you need a Dec encoder for what? Remember, Dec doesn't have to track. Rolando

Ok, no problem for those 3. Rolando

But sadly, as soon as a notification list opens. Every ap fan boy has to get on it. Production fills, and those who could really use it are waiting years. Make no mistake, I'm a fan boy. By the

Whatever it is, speculating about this hypothetical mount has been pretty fun. Putting it on something like a Rob Miller tri36L (8lb tripod) with a e160 or the GTX at a nice remote dark site sounds

What can AP do that others cannot? 1. reliability/customer service 2. sophisticated pointing and tracking model 3. sophisticated polar alignment 4. user focused (understands needs of users). So in

High precision abs encoder on RA. For precise homing, pointing and tracking. Lower resolution abs encoder on DEC. Much cheaper and perfectly suitable for precise homing and pointing. Servo motors. For

Greg there's an option in APPM under Camera to use a subframe. for that giant 6200 i suggest trying the 1/4 by 1/4 center frame option. it's still a pretty big file even at that size I don't know how

Thanks, Brian and Luca; I actually bin 2x2 for platesolving, but recognize they are still big files. I haven't had any issue with the QHY 600, but the ZWO 6200 MM seems a little more

What Brian said. If you want to use SGP with the ASI6200, it will be much more reliable if you use SGP v4.657 beta 64bit. Luca

>>>the model is all-or-nothing, you can add on to an existing APPM model. EDIT: Sorry i mean to write you can *not* currently edit and add more points to an existing APPM model. -- Brian Brian

Hi Greg just inserting a couple things i"ve learned from using APPM the model is all-or-nothing, you can add on to an existing APPM model. Also your hanging may be due to the huge file sizes of the

I think this question is for Ray Gralak; I've gotten very comfortable with APPM and use it every time I set up for imaging. I only have a partial view of the sky and I set up runs of between 49 and

Low weight, medium cost, dual absolute encoders. 🙂

Very nice compact setup Tom. Your box on a post design is something. I am considering for my AP 900GOTO with an TV NP127is and SXVR H694/SX FW combination. What’s the diameter of your pier? I assume

1, low weight 2, Knows where it is at all times 3 High accuracy on both axes TJF Mobile please excuse grammar and spell errors