I will be trying some flexible tool buckets for the 1100GTO. Nominally 12" diameter x 15" high I added a Kydex sleeve and a 1" thick closed foam disk in the bottom to keep the buckets upright and

Thanks Dale. I made several tweaks including your full-frame, bin2 and its working great. THANK YOU! I always had to guide at over 60-90 second exposures. After APPM last night I did 300 sec, then

MAYBE that was the fix. I had great results last night. The pop up error never appeared. And one of the solutions I tried was to update ASTAP. I was using the latest but I went back and noticed

Hello, I have a nice new camera attached to my Mach1 but I failed to check the balance before messing with the camera. The scope is now way out of synch with what I see in ACP. I have run the ACP

Thank you all for coming to my rescue. And now back to my imaging. Night is clear with a bit of smoke from the West. Seeing is medium, tracking is excellent with model running and slight bump guiding

Mr Wang is already convinced. He worked with me to solve his issue, so he is all set. He is most likely not available right now to post anything. I believe he is traveling. Rolando

I am actually imaging right now with my rig. Won't be going home for a while. Trying to nail down the Elephant trunk. Rolando

Terroll responded as you requested. Whether or not it convinces Mr. Wang or solves his 'oscillation' is to be seen. Bryan

Roland said: ….I will be able to sleep better tonight. That’s the second time you suggested sleeping at night. You do realize the rest of us depend on you imaging and working on new

Hello Guys, https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/767964-lets-torture-the-mach-2/page-3#entry11371098 Can someone please post a reply to the confusion that Mr. Wang's post is causing about his Mach2 not

I got it working, not SURE what I did - other than I went full frame and Bin2 for ASTAP. It's about 3/4 through the model as I type this. I do have some minor issues with APPM not waiting quite

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See this video for an approach to works for me, even for the few times that I have had to take the OTA off in an observatory. 14.5" IDK on an 1100 GT. I did build a table that sits at the right

I don't have an observatory but every Spring maybe in April, if I see wasp trying to build a nest in my backyard, I use a fly swatter to wack as many wasps as I can and at least one of them is a

Last summer mice built a large nest in the open area beneath my 1200's RA assembly. After removing it, I set a trap with peanut butter bait, but never caught a mouse. Same this year -- a small nest,

In my old observatory I built an aluminum wall around the pier, 60 cm height. It was actually a defense line wide enough to include the rack with electronics. The walls were flat to avoid the mice

A-P appears to be out. I have a DOVELM162 for trade if that is amenable. I've had ads on AM and CN for a little while with no luck.

Great! Now I can sleep at night. Roland

My biggest problem has always ben mice! The best approach has been spring traps to keep down the population from breeding. There is no 100% elimination when you are in the country. Best wishes,

Roland, Thank you, success! Although it appeared that the pivot bolt was too LOOSE. At any rate, I jockeyed the pivot bolt around so that I got good mesh while still allowing the gears to come