Thats what I’m thinking, there is definitely a market for this item for those of us who want a tripod solution directly from Astro-Physics. At a sale price of ~$2500 I would be interested.

Hello Astronuts, I want to alert and make you all aware of things that you may encounter as the weather gets cold. And that is cool-down issues. People will take their scopes out from warm rooms, set

Brian, A lot more eligant than my light bulb trick. Yours truly, Jack Jack Huerkamp Jack's Astro Accessories, LLC 38388 Pine Street Pearl River, LA

>>>Another trick I did before setting up a dehumidifier in my observatory was to place a 25 watt incandescent bulb in a shop light holder and drape the extension cord over the RA shaft so that the

Another trick I did before setting up a dehumidifier in my observatory was to place a 25 watt incandescent bulb in a shop light holder and drape the extension cord over the RA shaft so that the bulb

Thanks for the personal observations, Wade. I’m especially interested to read that you apparently keep it outdoors under a TG 365 shroud, because I’ve concluded that keeping the Meade 16” on the

Hi Howard, Unfortunately re-flashing the firmware didn't help. The flashing process completed successfully - got all the way to Done... and popped up the Keypad Controller Post-Load Checklist

Far wetter locations for sure -- as in Louisiana. I've never heard of people concerned about dew on their mounts before -- not even far lesser mounts than AP. When my equipment dews up and the dew

FYI , a minor point is that the surface temperature needs to be above the dew point and not ambient temperature.

Hi Shailesh, After my AP-1200, with its traditionally RA axis-mounted CP4 (at the time), shorted out – twice – from heavy dew on some sessions, rolling off the OTA every time it passes

Just place an old t-shirt around the mount loosely during very wet conditions. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone

If you're concerned about the CP, you can take an old hand towel or something of the sort and wrap the CP with it, and secure it with a small bungee or the like. People run their systems in far wetter

Dale, The dew here nowadays in Sacramento makes it dripping wet, as if from a rain shower, hence my concern. In the very least I have to protect the CP4, not sure about the rest. Shailesh

I wouldn't worry at all about dew on the mount itself. Dew heaters that would warm its entire surface area to above ambient would be impracticable at any rate.

I am a recent owner of a Mach2. In Northern California, presently the dew point is quite high, consequently dew droplets form after 7:30pm. Is there a way to control or eliminate dew formation on the

The picture needs to be updated. There is no dedicated "button rate". When the mount is initialized, the move rate is set to the configured guide rate. Pressing a move button sets the move rate to

The current altimeter setting at Phoenix Sky Harbor is 30.02. The current setting at my local airport here in the desert is 30.04 . Those convert roughly to 1016 hPa. My MGBox is reporting 927 hPa. If

As Wade mentioned, stations will usually report pressure adjusted for sea-level whereas your device will report the actual pressure at your elevation. You can use this online calculator -

The MGBox is giving you a raw reading of the actual pressure at your site. It's possible that the stations in the area are corrected for your altitude, and possibly temperature.

I connected an MGBox v2 to my APCC laptop this week, and it is set up in APCC. Temperature readings are close enough but the pressure readings being returned are 90 mbar lower than of a half dozen