TSX and PinPoint should solve the images provided you have the image scale set correctly. Also, TSX requires some additional setup that is described in the APPM help's section. I get fast solutions

The Enable PEM button is disabled when APCC is not connected to the mount. Also, it will be temporarily disabled if you start a PEM Record. I assume you are talking about the section on "Order of

Search for "socket head cap screw." These are commonly used in astronomy, especially for mounting dovetail plates. Here's a link:

Thx for the pointer. Good point about the washer. The one in the picture is “stolen” from a Machined Knob screw. In the case of the knob : the diameter of the knob is the same as the washer

Ray, i have a couple of APCC questions. 1) What can i be doing to cause the PEC enable button to become disabled without pushing it from one night to the next? I always shut down APCC after every

Dear AP folks I do find the new licence paradigm, and find it totally fair. For me, the most interesting news in 1.9 is the new declination-arc tracking algorithm. Could you explain this a bit

That's good information indeed. In my case I really don't think it has something to do with my computer performance as when I use ASTAP directly I am able to solve almost anything in less than 2

Which database you need to use when operating in a realm that can overlap the H17 and H18 ones is a big "it depends". FOVs that are larger than 1 degree will /likely/ be ok with V17 or H17. It will

Thank you Dale, I am going to try Nina soon and this is good info. One thing I don’t get, I wonder what could be the difference using plate solve images that are 4 seconds and binning 2x2. If the

Coming from supporting ASTAP with NINA users, the #1 pitfall we see is that the wrong (or inappropriate, to use another word) star database is used. Han supplies a bunch of different star databases

Hi Jeff The setup that you show in your picture with the button head screw looks OK to me, but Mike has a good point about using a thicker washer. I can't tell if the screws on the pier are 5/16 or

Ray said: Especially if you had it loaded for a while, it is also important to check you have a database that matches the image scale. See https://www.hnsky.org/astap.htm H17 doesn't work well

Thanks for clarifying. I didn't catch that.

Just to be clear, this is a reference to PulseGuide, the software application I wrote almost 20 years ago. This is not the same as the ASCOM pulseguide method. -Ray

That's a matter of the performance of your computer and the plate-solver. If you were using SkyX, PinPoint, or PlateSolve2, I would be surprised. If it's ASTAP, it's likely the plate-solver

I would just use a thicker washer to emulate the solid knob. To me, it looks like the washer under your button-head screw is ALMOST good enough as-is, but potentially could bend into the slot in the

I am convinced that the issue is either within windows or could be related to the fact that I have the mount not directly connected to the computer, no doubt. I was hoping that someone else had run

I have two 8” extensions which I never separate when transporting the Eagle tripod/pier. As you know, the two 8” extensions are joined by three machines knobs. Since I never separate these

That was my understanding of your analysis indeed. 100% agree on that. That's why I put the quotes to "smarter" (as with everything, syntax is important ;-) ) Sébastien

Hi, I started a dummy modeling APPM run indoor last night using the NASA Skyview camera and the Mach2. Platesolving wasn’t especially great at those Nasa Skyview images and so slow that at some