Here's the picture from those logs - unguided output with 2 second exposures, approx 20 minutes total time -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com

Guide logs are great for Geeks that like to wade thru long log files. I'm not one of them. In order to evaluate the health of your mount I would like to see the following done as I asked before: a

Hi Joe. I also gave N.I.N.A a go this weekend. I didn't have meridian flip issues, but I did have problems getting my dome and safety monitors working. After it shut down everything the second time

I still don't see a screen shot of the RA and Dec unguided tracking graph, so I really cannot explain to you how the results of that graph will show you what is happening. It is the key to setting the

Joe, I think you want to leave meridian limits enabled, but only enable West counterweight-up slews. Dale may need to confirm that. I mentioned in an earlier post that high West-side pointing terms

Hello Mr. Christen. Firstly I want to express my sincere gratitude for offering to evaluate my Phd2 log data in light of how busy you must already be. I am not convinced that any issues are not

Got it. Are there any particular parameters in the Meridian tab I should be cautious about? I've always kept the "Counterweight Up Slews within:" East and West limits boxes checked. When sitting

Hi Brian. This is really helpful!! You are right, as a software developer I keep thinking this is just an equation that needs to be solved and all I need is the right inputs. No doubt there is some

Bill, There was talk about this last week on this forum, so you may want to look back on those posts. The short answer is that APPM uses ASTAP's "automatic mode" for calculating the view/image scale

Joe, At the end of an APPM run, APPM will automatically enable pointing and tracking rate correction when it loads the new data into APCC, so you will need to turn it off afterward. -Ray

OK, thanks. I've actually starting making Dec models with three rows of points but I had this one already made so I used it. Ironically I looked at it just before starting the mapping and debated

I have APCC 1.9.0.11 and latest ASTAP. When I try to run a pointing model the ASTAP solve always fails. If I leave the scope at the run target location and press the Plate Solve button, the solve is

It will bounce around when you bump it lightly. I would recommend a 1600 mount if you want stability at high powers. I have my 175 on a 1600 mount and it's just about perfect for that scope. Rolando

Roland, Yes i know the 180 has a huge moment arm. When you say boingy is it during slews (which I can reduce) or in general due to the long moment arm? Shailesh

Joe, The West all-sky model looks bad, as I suspected. However, pointing-correction was on, so it appears that the bad west-side model moved the mount to a bad position. It's unusual that

I think that's stretching things. The mount will hold the weight but it will be somewhat boingy. Rolando

Hi Ray, Files are posted here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bkzp6E7gyMqm1zBJdabUFEeax7unijmY/view?usp=sharing The model was created just before the imaging run. I didn't notice any problems during

Hi Joe, Can you post a link to a zip file created via the APCC Log zipper utility that includes the APPM PNT file(s) as well as APCC, APPM, and AP V2 logs from last night? It sounds like the west

I am mostly an imaging person and now wanting to go visual; I just received a Mach2 and was wondering if I can load up my TEC 180 for visual. Any insights? Shailesh

Hi Andrew I appreciate the struggle! There are a lot of things to know and learn and understand how they relate to each other. You may also get a lot of conflicting advice on how to go about