I don't have time to fart around. I have mounts and scopes to build. Built two Mach2 mounts today and will have a couple of 130's started. Marj and I work on weekends and holidays, yes. Rolando

Hi all, This is an interesting thread. I also had some difficulties with the migration tool, so raised a support ticket with Salvatore about it and he was very responsive, in fact we had several email

Very nice, Linwood. I'm glad you went very deep to capture the faint extended nebulosity. That's my goal for M27, but it's so small with my current OTA and camera, I'm not sure what would show

While I'm here posting, here is one I put up yesterday and welcome suggestions and criticism. Full size here: https://www.astrobin.com/92m59x/ All credit to the AP1100AE for the round stars of

On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 12:00 PM, Roland Christen wrote: Actually I tried to use it, but gave up after about 20 minutes trying to set up my equipment on this new page. So for images that I post, they

We have new software that can be downloaded for both the CP4 and CP5 that addresses some of these issues. The problem is that for some heavy loads the mount needs more internal dampening in the

There isn't much that can corrode. Everything is either anodized aluminum or stainless steel. That includes all the nuts and bolts. You might get flecks of rust on the counterweight shaft and

Actually I tried to use it, but gave up after about 20 minutes trying to set up my equipment on this new page. So for images that I post, they will not have much info except the bare minimum which

There are two mesh points in the 400. One is the worm gear to worm wheel mesh. It sounds like you have that tight enough. You can judge that by putting slight pressure on the end of the scope in both

Hi Yan, "Axis Rate" is in degrees/second. The maximum rate supported by the AP3600 is 2.5 degrees/second (600x sidereal). -Ray

Hello, I would like to drive an AP 3600 via alpaca and AV2 ASCOM drivers V5.50.03.everything works fine, but I can't adjust the "move rate" speed in alpaca axisrates reply maximum speed 2.5. and

Thanks very much Mike!! I hope everyone enjoys the 4th of July festivities. Thanks!! Steve

Thanks for the excellent info and diagram, Mike!

Steven, I have contacted you privately for troubleshoot. Regards, Mike Hanson

This may be an issue with the encoders causing an oscillation. The AP staff can help you adjust the dampening parameters.

My Mach2 shows a similar behavior. I found that changing the counterweight position to offset the balance cancels it out. Mike

It doesn't always happen. It seems to occur at certain points in the sky. It always happens after a slew. If it doesn't happen after a slew then it doesn't happen at all. I parked the scope for the

The expossure is with tracking ONLY PHD2 was not used, I misspoke when creating the subject line. It should read "while tracking". The streaked stars are a rusult of the mount rocking back and forth.

Hi Steven is that exposure with tracking off? If so, have you analyzed it to determine the rocking error? are you using a model? -- Brian Brian Valente astro portfolio

Yes the same behavior happens when only tracking. Steve