Tony, I was at El Presidente Hotel and your images look very familiar in parts. Steve NZ From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Harley Davidson <astrocnc@...> Sent: Sunday,

Thirty years ago today. So hard to believe time passed so quickly. This video link I became aware of from a FB post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A94mD6nt-c  I had never seen it before. They did

In my case, the wife won't allow any permanent pads unless they are just a couple of inches in diameter. Which I guess is a possibility. _._ I expect my HOA is more picky than you wife (if not,

Thanks Guys. I dont have a drive backup program. Just running a barebones capture PC. I only have about 2GB of free space on my hard drive, so I have files saving to an M2 drive. It's a minix

That's a fine job on the wheely bar Tom! Beautiful workmanship. tony On 7/11/2021 4:16 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote:

How bad this gets for any one person depends on ther soil type and moisture and all that. I use pavers sunk into the ground but major shifts aren't really anything noticeable with my clay soils. I'll

The "wheely bar" is custom made by myself. This was the first time using it. In my case, the wife won't allow any permanent pads unless they are just a couple of inches in diameter. Which I guess is

Hi Tom I'm in Calgary and image on grass as well with my AP900GOTO and a Televue NP127is on an AP portable pier. I tried cement blocks as well but found they move too much as the weight of my rig

David There are several manufacturers. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=wheely+bar+telescope One can also DIY with wood, L-shaped steel, and caster wheels. Bryan

When I lived up in Alaska I put a steel pier into the ground and set it with concrete. I took rhe scope and mount off of the pier when I wasn't using it and put a rubber canvas kayak bag over the

Maybe, but it was locked for several *hours*! -Ray

Chris, sorry, but there is no way to tell which application locked APCC's settings file. If it happens again you might be able to use one of the methods mentioned

Possibly a drive backup program? -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 01:27 PM, Ray Gralak wrote: I suspect each of these exceptions was causing a memory leak which eventually exhausted memory. So, the question is, do you know what other

Chris, Thanks for the logs. I think I see the problem. At around 3:40 am another process had APCC's settings file (settings.apcc) locked, and APCC started throwing exceptions. There were 2600+

Where did you get the “wheely bar” or did you custom make it? David

So, how do you image on grass? Is 30 minute subs out of the question? Do you polar align frequently? I dug holes, filled with sand, packed, put in gravel and packed it, and put pavers down in

Being in Canada, last night would have been a good night to take this literally....However... Last night I tried out my portable "wheely bar" setup for my FSQ106 and AP600 GTO mount. I used 1 foot by

Out of memory errors don't necessarily mean the PC is out of memory since it will use swap when the total memory in use is more than the physical memory in the PC. Often that error means the

Ambient temperature is relevant but ambient tolerance will vary widely depending on the computer design and airflow over it. The better measure is to find out how to read its internal temperatures