Dean Jacobsen wrote: I’m not sure I would want that mount tumbling around in the cabin of my vehicle in the event of an accident. A rollover accident could be quite interesting if the 1100 were

I’m not sure I would want that mount tumbling around in the cabin of my vehicle in the event of an accident. A rollover accident could be quite interesting if the 1100 were to break free. 🤕

I use a simple, plastic tub. I wrap the declination part in a towel and lay it on the bottom of the tub. I set the RA section to zero degrees latitude. It also gets wrapped in a towel

totally agree Roland. I obviously do not have any issue with image processing and other form of deconvolution. I think that what I was pointing at is that a little bit of degradation in the original

If you want to go “basic”, then the shipping boxes work great and hold up well. I transported my AP900 around in the two shipping boxes in the back of my pickup or the trunk of my car for 8 or 9

I have been looking at various cases people have built, planning what to do, but I had a thought and curious if it's a sane one. I am not hauling this through airports or checking baggage. It will

So Ray are you saying this is an issue of PHD2 coding and therefore operation. It curious that I have never had this on anything but with my Mach 1 with its GTOCP4 controller. thanks cj

I think we're getting far away from what I wrote originally. The issue is that you do your best to get a nice looking image using tricks like I mentioned and disclosing what you did to achieve the

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That's just three motorcycles coming at you in a rainstorm. Rolando

That's the scope I meant. Rolando

I was thinking along the lines that, taking the "artistic license" to an extreme, one can just paint a picture of a space image with paint or software. I do not disagree with Mr Christen or others.

I recently bought a used AP 1100 GTO with Encoders. I also received a “motor stall” error message tonight which Im starting to think is the real problem. This is a used mount of course. When I

Here is something a little different from a couple nights ago. Three Amazonas geostationary satellites with tracking turned off. Nice round satellites with stars streaking through the image.

No lines of code changed, so the version number remained the same. Just the installer filename changed. -Ray

well, this is basically an information theory problem. blurred images do contain less information from a Shannon IT standpoint. the basic info is more or less the resolution convolved with the signal

I love my FSQ-106 too. -- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image Gallery - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/

You have one of the best scopes for imaging also. Nice setup overall for wide field high res imaging. Rolando

I can't say enough good things about the mounts that the good people at Astro-Physics make. My 1 year old Mach2 has been spectacular. Being able to eliminate guiding has really increased my

Totally agree. Mounts are the most important piece of the Astrophotography package, as is using them correctly and to their full potential. Similarly good optics that are well collimated, properly