Here’s a fun thing to do with the original WD-40 that will prevent you from ever using it again on delicate things or locks – or anything other than what it was originally designed for – rust

What you are asking is a lot for a non-encoder mount, especially one with an older GTOCP3. As I'm sure you are well aware, everything is more difficult at such a long focal length. Polar alignment

Wow! At 5000 mm focal length, you must just about be able to see the sunspots move as the sun rotates! (OK, not sure about that, but that's still a lot of focal length. I'm glad it's folded.

I agree with Cytan 💯% Fernando

Brian, I read through the entire post. In the end it didn't work well or at all. And that is with mostly a full disk image. With the 5 M scope, you have only a small fraction of the sun's surface.

I also use Horizons for tracking comets. It works great! Todd

Hi Eric not directly related to APCC, but I was just looking at this thread on Sharpcap last night regarding tracking sunspots https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5280 -- Brian Brian

I am trying out APCC to guide on sunspots for my solar imaging. Up to now, I just used polar alignment and GOTO to find the sun and the ASCOM controller to navigate. Once on a sunspot, I again use the

On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 11:41 AM, Mike Johnson wrote: I use a dab of anti seize compound on the threads to prevent this situation. I've been putting a dab of Lubriplate 105 on all screws and treads

Personally, I think it's just messy to use anti-seize and lube on a counterweight shaft which I've never used before the improvement with steel inserts. The root of the problem is stainless steel on

I use a dab of anti seize compound on the threads to prevent this situation. Available at any auto parts store. I also use it on spark plug threads when changing the plugs on an auto or marine engine.

WB You could also try NINA's Orbitals plug-in to program your mount for custom tracking rate on a specific comet, I assume you will see the resulting values in the AP UI -- Brian Brian Valente astro

Hi WB, The units are defined by ASCOM and also defined in the help file. They The right ascension tracking rate offset is relative to the sidereal rate, in seconds per sidereal second. There is no

Gentlemen, I have been using WD40 on various metal surfaces for over 30 years (including every hinge and drawer runner in my home) and have never ONCE had an adverse reaction. And that AP900 shaft was

Agree with Chris here. Spit is probably better than WD40. From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Christopher Erickson <christopher.k.erickson@...> Sent: Tuesday, August 9,

NEVER use WD-40 on ANY part of a telescope or mount. It is a PENETRANT, NOT a lubricant. It penetrates into everything. It dissolves and ruins real lubricants, it can ruin optical coatings, it can

Very interesting technique, thanks for sharing it!

Hi, can someone please confirm the units of the Cust RA and Cust DEC rates in the AP v2 ASCOM Driver? I've read the help file but can't seem to make the mount move in the way I'm expecting it to move

Ok, looks like nobody has done this. I will opensource on github, kind of an interesting example on how to setup a proxy for the mount using Python. -- benoit <benoit.schillings@...> wrote:

Wood is more heat resistant than a strap wrench. If you freeze the metal, then torch heat the stuck insert without heating the CW shaft, then clamp the hot threads in sacraficial (throw away) wood