I am taking 10 minute, unguided exposures at 0.88 arc seconds per pixel, so I expect that my polar alignment is good – or at least consistent with the tracking model. I’ve only recently

This brings up an interesting point. My setup is similar to Dale’s in the respect that I leave the gear/tripod out for a couple weeks at a time. The soil is nearly all clay and continues to move all

How often do you PA? Do you spot check it at all? I leave mine out for days at a time, and the tri-pier (it's an A-P Eagle) sits on pavers that are sunk into the ground. The ground swells and

A simple fence enclosure model would help greatly. Robert

I just wanted to follow up and say that using the motorhome as a wind block made a huge difference. Based on the below results with the 175 refractor, I assume at this point that the mount itself

Hi Peter, I took a look at your logs. Your mount seems to be reacting correctly to the move commands sent to it by phd. That is, RA and Dec change when issued guider move commands. So, unless the

PHD guiding was failing after a couple of minutes on my 1200 with an OAG; first couple of minutes were OK; message was unable to make DEC corrections. I re-calibrated a couple of times. Things got

Hmmm... this time it may have sunk in. I used tPoint for polar align as well as models. I keep thinking I NEED to build a model. I plan to guide. Not building a model for a while is fine. Thanks

Well, like I said before, you have a lot on your hands to get through as a first-time AP mount owner before you get to the point where you're creating models. I would not worry about it. APCC has been

Well, depends on if I sell the MyT first. Working on it, so... trying not to count on it. But yes, if it's just a week or three, I'd just wait so as not to use something new. Since it's supposed to

If you have TSX already (didn't you have a Paramount before?) then you can use TSX's ImageLink for solving. Presumably you still have that installed or can reinstall it. The only thing you'll need to

Just to drag this a bit back to the original question -- I'm planning to keep using NINA generally, because I'm satisfied there, but the current version does not support it. Is there any word on when

Yeah, I've had my Mach1 since 2008 and only got APCC Standard two, maybe three years ago. I have been using Pro only for the past year or so. My reason for not jumping on the APCC Pro bandwagon much

When I got the Mach2 last year and was trying to learn APCC Pro and APPM, I was relieved to see that I could interface APPM with SGP using PlateSolve2 as en easy to use solution. I still use it. Is

I don't think that anything in the astrophotography software market "intends" to compete with anything else. These various pieces of software have people that invent, maintain, and steward them, and

“ NINA vs SGP goes without saying. ” Please clarify what you mean by that. I have SGP and although I can’t say I absolutely love it, it has some incredible features, and is reasonably solid. It

Thanks Nick, but the update to SS has just been released, so as soon as it stops raining (any week now hopefully) I will be able to test out the bug fix.

A good pier is very important, and is the foundation of the entire shebang. I use an ATS pier here. I have used the lighter weight 10" pier also and it generally works well also, but never had it in

You can build a temporary shelter with electrical conduits and tarps. I have used this at star parties. It is usually 8x8. I have a friend that sells the connectors and tarps and you supply the

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/hirose-electric-co-ltd/RM12BPE-2S-71/1125536?s=N4IgTCBcDaIBYCcCMB2AzAVgLQDsAmIAugL5A Pin number 1 is Positive.