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My AP mounts do tend to offer some resistance when balancing but after about 30 years using AP mounts I have gotten used to it. JimP Get Outlook for iOS

I have an older AP1600 mount that does not have the quick release option for the RA and Dec gears. Is Astro-Physics going to release an upgrade kit for older mounts to allow for quick un-meshing of

Maybe someday there will be step by step videos that are in depth, explaining & showing the process of each of the mounts being re-greased, on YouTube. So we can click to view whichever mount applies

Yanhze, The AP V2 ASCOM driver, which you must use with SGPro, comes with a log zipper utility called "AP Log Zipper". You should be able to find it from the Windows start menu by typing that name.

You won’t regret a decision to get a AP mount or any other product made by Astro Physics. The support is tremendous not just from Rolland but from everyone at AP. Welcome to the family😋

Ray, Where is ASCOM driver log? I dont use APCC, I use SGPro. Yanzhe

I used PHD2 drift align, it looked good. But I am not sure because each sub had ~0.01-0.02 degree field rotation, which I did not expect with good PA. I usually see big field rotation if PA is bad,

The new Keypad Version coming out will let you use the keypad to build a model.

I’m looking to see if anyone has built a pointing model with a CP4 by a sequence of GoTo, platesolve, sync (refine) through Stellarmate. It's great that we have APCC Pro (which I'll receive with

Hi Yanzhe, Can you zip and post your PHD2 logs, as well as APCC/AP V2 ASCOM driver logs? There might be something useful there. -Ray

Do you have a picture of your guide chart? The Dec axis would not creep under gravity if the clutches are tight. I just checked a mount with 3 lb out of balance in Dec and see zero creep or any other

Roland, I will check my mount serial number later as I just packed everything due to rain forecast. My camera's orientation was 0/180 degree, so I assume top to bottom elongation would be DEC. I dont

In a previous post discussing encoders for our various mounts I posted this: "The main difference is that the ring diameter of the 1100/1600 mounts is 100mm, the Mach2 uses a 75mm ring." It should

My setup is FSQ106+OAG+16803. The same setup has been used for a while with a different mount, so it is unlikely the collimation or fan issue. Yanzhe

Couple of questions: 1 - what's the mount's serial number 2 - which axis is the elongation 3 - which direction was the scope pointing (RA-Dec) 4 - what scope and focal length or what is the arc sec

Take a short exposure (1 sec or less) of a bright star inside, outside and at focus. I was shooting the other day when the temperature was dropping rapidly after sunset and got heat plumes for about 1

If your guiding was spot on, then the mount is working correctly. It is not a balance or setup issue. Balance would not cause oval stars. The mount would be suspect if one axis had rms guide values

Can you describe your imaging setup? (Telescope, camera, image scale, etc.) Is it possible the issue is optical (collimation) or caused by vibrations from the camera's fan? -Ray

I’ve only had the mount six days, but I’ve been able to use it every night, so that’s kind of the equivalent of maybe three months of experience under normal conditions around here. Looks like