90 miles to the north under dark skies 😉 near the border of Pennsylvania. steve hoffman

Hi Steve! Andre will be in NYC - Brooklin. Where are you? best

Where exactly in NY, do you mean New York City or somewhere in New York State? steve hoffman

Hi guys! My name is Camila and I work at a Brazilian NGO of photography called ImageMagica founded by the photographer André François. Since 1995, we develop social projects in schools and

Do you also want to power other equipment (filter wheel, focuser, guider...) from this battery? Or is it just the mount?

Although Lithium batteries are light weight and powerful, they have some disadvantages. Most are not allowed on airplanes. They all require special chargers that are very expensive. A small sealed

For the eclipse I purchased an 18 amp hour wheelchair battery, Duracell Ultra with ring terminals. The power cord of the Mach1 will tie directly to it with a screw and nut. This battery will keep your

Camila, You probably could, but thats really expensive for an 8.8Ah battery. Look at Bioenno instead. These have been great for me. For under $200 you can get a 20Ah LiFePo battery that will last

I use a NANUK 945 with cubed foam for a Mach1 mount and a NANUK 925 with padded dividers for a CP3, a shaft, a RAPAS, power/communication cables, and other accessories. I chose the brand as it was

Camila, I use a Pelican 1610 with custom fit solid foam covering the lower 1/3 ofthe case. Yes, it is a big case, but my older Pelican 1600 was about 11/2 inches too short in

Hi guys! I recently bought a 900 gto and was thinking of getting one of the peli cases. Which one would be big enough for the RA axis?

I put an 1100GTO and a bunch of its bits (w/o tripod orcounterweights) into a Pelican Air 1615 with Trek Pak. It's a bigcase. My problem is that it comes in around 70 pounds and is too heavy togo as

I use a Pelican 1600 for my Mach 1: https://www.amazon.com/Pelican-1600-Case-Foam-Black/dp/B0052599NC This one has the pick and place foam. The following Cloudy Nights post has a picture of how it

Hi guys, We are going to buy a Mach1GTO and we would like to gethelp with some topics: . Do you think this Goal Zero battery SHERPA 100 POWER PACKhandles the mach1cto for a night of work?

Hi guys, We are going to buy a Mach1GTO and we would like to gethelp with some topics: . Do you think it will fit at a Pelican Air 1615 case(Interior size: L x W x D) 29.59" x 15.50" x 9.38")? What

Hi Bob, PEMPro is a tool that helps you create a PEC curve and load it into the mount. It does not "take over" when PEM is disabled. Once a PEC curve has been loaded into the mount, you don't need to

I think the advise from AP is to always leave PEM on – whether guiding or not?. If you disable PEM then there is no PEC being used by the mount – it is just tracking by itself.

Hi Ray, I do know what the little question marks do. Very clever way to get help without searching But sometimes my comprehension needs a little help ;~) So you can force PEM to be enabled and start

Hi Jo, I sent you a private email with a screen shot of how to connect TheSkyX to the mount, and unpark the mount. This will allow the mount to track at Sidereal. Best regards, -Ray Gralak Author

Hi Bob, It turns on or off the PEM Setting. Periodic error correction on the A-P mounts is called "PEM". BTW, in case you hadn't noticed, there are little "?" buttons in the upper right of most of