Thought I’d share some results with the vintage AP130 EDF on Mach1GTO and my new QHY5III485C OSC CMOS planetary camera. First time I’ve tried OSC, not too bad for the north shore of Long Island

Should this be used on spacers and adaptors? They can be difficult to deal with at times. The difference between tight enough and joined for life seems small. Mark

Send me an e-mail and I may be able to help Roland

Thanks, Sébastien I had two missing bolts and washers in my RA motor assembly which caused a (very loud) motor stall when the mount first arrived. After discussion with Roland, I replaced the

Hi Marty, Is any of your axis loose when parked (just wiggle it a bit by hand)? If yes, it looks similar to a problem I had a few weeks back. Issue was a loose screw inside the Dec motor assembly

Actually, I'm at 520 such motor stall errors and climbing! I've tried to move the mount (via SGPro and SkySafari) and have encountered this issue every time. I've encountered dozens (hundreds) of such

Olive oil is a super food. It’s really, really good for you. Mixing it with bacon grease for fried chicken would not be such a great idea. Olive oil breaks down at frying temperatures into

Oh wow thank you Ray! That is exactly right, I was always near the park 3 position. Thank you for looking into this! I will update APCC right away.

For me, the keto diet means olive oil and vinegar for the salad dressing and bacon bits in the huge salad! Along with boiled egg, black olives, green olives, nuts, seeds, lotsa green leafy stuff,

Roland: > I'm more oriented towards Mediterranean so i always use Olive oil (extra Virgin of course!). Well, for me it's time of day. Mornings are bacon, evenings are Olive. And I guess night time

I ALWAYS put a small drop of Teflon-impregnated lubricant into the starting point of threads involving aluminum or stainless steel. My favorite lube is Break-Free CLP but there are others

I'm more oriented towards Mediterranean so i always use Olive oil (extra Virgin of course!). Rolando

So had an incident yesterday unrelated to the mount, some M54 spacers, but it reminded me to ask, and I think there are a lot of machinists out here... When should one apply lubricant to bolts (and

Recently placed a pre-order for the Atik APX60. Really hoping this one solves all the challenges previous IMX455 cameras have had and provides some stability. On paper, it looks pretty

Thanks Bill. I found this under a PEM topic and it was just the technical rationale I was looking for. Just happened to find it after posting: And here are some more great and exclusive features of AP

Thanks for the educative insights, Dale and Ray. It is true that feature is probably not « necessary ». ASTAP is able to solve my subs after all. But while not « horrific » (and definitely not

The interface between the worm and the wheel (which is what you are affecting when you balance) has a 24 hour period.? This is not something that you need to worry about with PEM. The

No, disengaging the worm for balance will not cause a problem with your PEM Curve.

I just started doing some astrophotography with my new 1100 and I have been reading up on PEM. Since I'm new to PEM and I cannot seem to find an answer to my simple question, I figured I would just

It's all good now. Reseated the board, downloaded the CP4 FTDI driver and everything is back to normal.