The MGBOX2 has its own software app. I am not positive of this, but I believe that this software cannot run simultaneously with a program like APCC. However, The MGBOX2 could be used at the start of

AG Optical 12.5" Truss iDK. Camera was a FLI PL16803, CFW5-7, NiteCrawler, etc. All in all about 70lbs fully loaded OTA. 17" tall, 45" in length at critical focus.

Bill, what scope did you put on the mount? Thanks for your report. -Ram

Hello again friends, Quick update -- 10 Micron said no go on this load on the 1000 mount of theirs. While I will not copy and paste their entire response here (as some people seem to think that is

11 months. That's nuts!

Looks great! Glad to see you've got it fixed and are ready to go. I got the CTU on my telescope and adjusted fairly well. Just like you I was surprised how little movement the camera needed to

Glad you got it sorted. Bill is right, my FSQ went back to Japan. It took 11 months since I sent it to Huston to the time I got it back, it was worth it. I suspect that there are many FSQ's out there

Great! Rolando

Hi Ray, I couldn't agree more ! Thanks for considering it. I feel we are getting on the same page now. I'm sure most APPM + ASTAP user would benefit from that too (even without noticing it), be it an

Well my first shot at this was pretty poor. I had very inconsistent results, that overshot what they should be been when I adjusted the tilt plate. They they went in the wrong direction! I finally got

Ray said: I'm also curious about the "historical" aspect of the plate solve and sync. That uses the user's declare scale information right? Maybe avoid this whole mess and just apply the

How about this device? I thought it was a highly recommended product for APCC MGBOX2 —DD

Chris, "out with the old, in with the new" regarding a PEC curve. Fernando

There are several different paths that APPM uses for plate-solving. APPM reads the FITS headers but doesn't parse and use every value in every case. Historically, users calculated camera image scale

But that old pair of tattered blue jeans is still my most comfortable pair of pants! Thanks Roland!!

Ray wrote: When I saw the error message, it looks like APPM is reading the file headers anyway, could it not just notice if it has everything, and if not use -fov 0, if so omit? Or did I

Hi Dale, Since APPM works with a number of different camera applications, including some old applications like CCDSoft and AstroArt, APPM cannot assume that the necessary keywords to calculate image

Thanks for chiming in on this Dale! Much appreciated. Sébastien

Make a new curve. The old ones wear out with use. Rolando

Ray, You got me all wrong! I am not arguing against that (using FiTS header data) at all. I am arguing FOR that, just like you. Thing is, the way APPM currently calls ASTAP exactly prevents what you