Thank you for the very detailed explanation. It is both very helpful -- and also enlightening as to the details you folks at AP apply in your engineering.

Slight mesh issue can be caused by a couple of things. In the Dec axis we set the spring tension to be very minimal to avoid stiction (static friction). Stiction is the main cause of poor guiding in

Thanks, Roland. I certainly did not notice any impact on imaging -- getting excellent unguided results. I'll leave it alone for the time being. Marty

Won't affect you imaging at all but if you want, go ahead and adjust. Roland

My Mach2 has a bit of slop in the Dec axis. With clutches tight I can move the axis a very small amount. The RA axis, in contrast, is rock solid. Another individual posted a similar problem regarding

Not sure yet. I got APCC working again with CdC and NINA yesterday but haven't run another sequence yet due to overcast skies. The .mlm file I was using during the last sequencer run with the errant

I was not running the mount at all. I was inside my house running ASTAP in stand alone mode on my home computer to become familiar with it. According to the ASTAP site, it is possible to solve

Roland, I was not trying to run the mount during the day using APCC. I was attempting to learn how ASTAP works by feeding into it previously captured images and solving for them in the program.

yes I can absolutely do these. It is supposed to be clear tomorrow night.

Roland Christen wrote: During simulation is the mount actually pointing to the object? How would you know if it was done indoors during the day? When I do it, I use the real mount and a

Thank you Roland.

Joseph, I'm catching up on emails after a vacation. Is this still an issue? If so, can you share your .mlm file?

Jeff, Please contact me at AP. Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone: 815-282-1513 (office) Email: george@...

During simulation is the mount actually pointing to the object? How would you know if it was done indoors during the day? Roland

Jack Huerkamp wrote: Mainly image scale, but putting a rough RA and Dec into the boxes so that the program did not have to search the entire sky helped a lot. I assume that when running APPM with

George, this is Jeff, not Mike. I have one Keypad where a couple of the buttons, specifically the "S" and "> NEXT" buttons go dead on me from time to time, at the same time. Everything else works

Thanks Jack I wasn't aware ASTAP was able to do all sky solving by fiddling with the settings, so that's an interesting add -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com

Brian, Mainly image scale, but putting a rough RA and Dec into the boxes so that the program did not have to search the entire sky helped a lot. I assume that when running APPM with ASTAP, I will

That's great to hear Jack What was the issue that you fixed - was it your image scale settings?

I received this from Han, the author of ASTAP after sending him one of my PNG images and the astrometry.net solve of it: Hello Jack, It solves see attached screenshot settings. Enter an estimate