Hi Chris That sounds really interesting about CLP being a good cutting oil. I will definitely have to try it. I learned from the experienced machinists who ran the Bridgeport milling machines to use

You found a subtle bug. :-) Try renaming the filename's extension from ".fits" to ".fit". APPM expects the filename to have a three character extension, "fit", so it incorrectly constructed the name

Hi Dominique, The installation of ApUtils.DLL has not changed in a long time, so that implies something local to your computer is causing it. In particular, the error message indicates there was an

Using the command line thrown to ASTAP by APPM "Image link test button" and writing log to file shows that(see below), in my case at least, image is solved correctly, even if reported otherwise by

Hello Dominique and Astro-Nuts, It seems many people are very confused about the $100 subscription. You areNOT REQUIRED to pay the subscription fee every year! Subscription renewal isOPTIONAL.

My experience is that just about any lubricant will help with galling/cold welding to some degree. However also in my experience, lubricants containing ground Teflon work the best. My speculation is

Hi, I am not against this change in pricing mode, but the level seems to me to be very high, especially since this is added, for us in europe, a good VAT (20%). Even if useful evolutions are linked to

Thanks Ray I purchased my renewal license yesterday so it is dated 08/17/2021. The date for the previous license was in 2017. Here is what I see in the device manager:

Hi All, I am interested in hearing how the new Dec-Arc feature in v1.9 works. I set up my mount for each session. I always know my object in advance of setup so I then run an abbreviated model which

Hi, I wanted to switch to APCC Pro 1.9.0.1 version. To do this, uninstall my previous version 1.8.8.13 and I have an anomaly during the installation on the APutils.dll. Regards Dominique

Hello Mr. Jones, TL;DR: Thank you for sharing your concerns. I’m sorry we have disappointed you. I’ll try to address some of your points here: While I hear you say that the mount will

See the “Order” tab of the APCC page. https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc#newtab3 Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone:

Hi, you can find here: Konstantin Konstantin v. Poschinger Hammerichstr. 5 22605 Hamburg 040/8805747 0171 1983476

I don’t see a price on the website. How much for APCC? -- James (Bruce) McMath

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AE mounts do not require APCC Pro to operate. (APCC Pro will also operate non-encoder mounts.) Rolando

I’m not so sure you get “enhancements” in perpetuity… at best I suspect you’re getting security fixes for your older apple hardware. In the case of Apple … they seem to have a different

I think of Astro-Physics as the “Apple” of the astronomy equipment manufactures. I have had Apple products for many years and I don’t ever remember having to pay a maintenance fee to update my

Ray, et all, I am running v1.8.8.17. So, it looks like I am going to have to do an uninstall and re-install for v1.9.0.1. What is the safest way to uninstall and preserve all of my settings, the

Hi Marj. I just paid Astro-Physics $20K for a new AP AEL mount and required accessories. Now I learn that over the next 20 years I am going to be nickel and dimed for the software I need to run it.