The only time I have had a failed meridian flip with my Mach2 and SGP was because the plate solve that SGP requires failed due to clouds. That said, the sequence was aborted at the time (I'm using

Great. I'm looking forward to it. On the subject of automation, does APPM have any kind of an API that would make it possible to invoke it from a script with the sample points for the target?

Thank you Ray, I will contact SGPro folks to see what they have to say. That software gets updated frequently and I'm on their beta 4.0 64bit version so maybe this is a new issue. Terri

Hi Wade, The Dec-Arc modeling feature has been well tested for over a year and a half. As mentioned previously, it will be in APCC Pro version 1.9, which will be available soon. The Dec-Arc modeling

Hi Terri, The ASCOM log file does not show any attempt by SGPro to issue a slew command to do the pier flip. -Ray

We made two of them. One is in Chile at our remote observatory. The other is here in our AP observatory. Rolando

Hi, My Mach2 failed to meridian flip last night.. I've looked at the logs and nothing jumps out at me. I was using SGP as well, and normally meridian flips are done with little drama but best I can

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Hi Rolando Who makes a 12” fiber Maksutov. I don’t see many over 8” listed. Cheers

Thanks George, that worked out well. Pete

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If the price difference is not large, one may as well go for the 1500# column. As they say, how big is big enough! Don Anderson On

Yeah balancing the Mach 2 has been a breeze. I will get the 12.5 ready and test it out and see how it does. It is a truss design, I can leave the shroud off if you think that will help out. From:

I don't believe USNO B1.0 is even available for download from USNO anymore. One may be able to get it somewhere else. In any case, if one is looking for super accurate plate solves, the latest and

Bill, I had that combo along with a FLI4040 and big FLI filter wheel with MMOAG and it was fine.

Well, I've never tried that scope, but I have loaded my Mach2 to the limit and imaged/guided just fine. Balance is critical and is easy to do. Weight makes for larger moment, which makes the mount

Hi Karen, Now I see ... in the KIT, those are actually all, in fact, desert “Dust Caps”, but I like to use them to keep any contaminants, wet or dry, off the pins. Makes sense now. I mistook

What say ye? 12.5″ Imaging Dall Kirkham | AG Optical 46lbs, but would need to add focuser (8lbs), TCS System (1lb), and camera/accessories (call these 5 lbs). The OTA is about 18" tall (maybe 17.5"

Hi Pete, I’m kind of new to the forum, so take my thoughts with a grain of sand. I’m building a pier to which I will attach the 119FSA for an 1100GTO I hope to have soon. I plan on using all 8