Tonight, I was using a 16" RC at f/6.4 with a full frame sensor to watch the eclipse. I also had a 91mm scope riding parallel to provide a wider FOV. In the 16", I could see about 95% of the lunar

Hi Greg, Unfortunately it is rare to find cone adjustment screws actually on plates or rings. Vixen does it for some premium refractors. Generally you are going to have to drill and tap holes for

Steve, Thanks for the advice about ConeSharp – I was unfamiliar with it. I looked up the instructions and it seems pretty straightforward. However, I am curious how you are supposed to

Hi Ray, The naming of both ASI camera ASCOM drivers has "ASICamera2" as part of their driver names. "ASI Camera (1)" ==> "ASCOM.ASICamera2.Camera" "ASI Camera (2)" ==>

Mr. Gralak, Some time ago I had changed the camera selection in Pempro (build 4732) from ASI1 to ASI2 for another issue, but afterwards neglected to change it back. Normally, ASI1 is a 6200mm (main)

Christophe- To check ( and correct) orthogonality, download the ConeSharp program. Easy to use and accurate. I use an ASI290 as a guide camera, works very well. Steve -- PLEASE NOTE MY NEW EMAIL

I did exactly this with my Mach2 GTOCP5 control box, while waiting for my observatory to be completed. No issues.

The weather has been appalling since I received my new AP1600. Wanted to at least make some progress and establish PC connection. Not wanting to setup mount in poor weather, can I power up the CTP4

A depression from a thumbscrew has nothing to do with the two parts sitting flat with each other. No need to rotate the QTCC. Roland

Eric’s experience and as Mike pointed out, the way the Quad-TCC attaches to the focuser will be an issue over time. The way most AP accessories attach to there large focusers via a dovetail mount

Thanks Ray, For those of us with domes it's sometimes easier to put the flat panel stationary below the rotating dome and angled upward, then park the scope angled downward to center on it.

Hi Eric, Thanks for posting that. I will fix that in the next APCC build. -Ray

The ASCOM driver is set to park to "alt/az", which I assume is the user-defined alt-az location I had set to be pointing down. The limitation is with APCC. When trying to park to an altitude < 0, the

Thanks to both. Mike

Glad to hear that all is well, Greg. I was about to see if I could recreate the problem. HKH

Eric, I see. Have you verified that the ascom driver has the same information as apcc pro regarding user park position? I'm not an sgp user, I use voyager but have not had the problem. Have you asked

I wonder if you have altitude minimums set in SGP?-- Brian Brian Valente astro portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotography.com/astrophotography/ portfolio brianvalentephotography.com astrobin

Chris, In APCC I have a user-defined park position that faces down and it works fine in APCC. However, if I go there and in SGPro tell it to set that as the park position, then move the mount

Hi Mike, As Roland wrote, the procedure is valid, but be careful. The GoTo coordinates may have been precessed into JNow, while the star coordinates you read may be J2000. The safest and simplest

Hi Folks, I believe I have a simple solution for this, but need to revisit the whole question. I'm on it. HKH