>>> Roland said: Whether you put the 3rd leg pointing North or pointing South, the clearance of the other two legs will be about the same. In fact, you will have slightly more clearance for the

Hi Brent, Actually, you can turn off the caching of RA/Dec in APCC, but the option is not available in the user interface. APCC comes with an application called Horizons, which can track moving

Whether you put the 3rd leg pointing North or pointing South, the clearance of the other two legs will be about the same. In fact, you will have slightly more clearance for the telescopes when

> This is awesome! Was this with SkyTrack connected to the Mach2 via AP ASCOM driver or did you write a direct interface? That is with a direct interface. Unfortunately currently both the AP ASCOM

As a follow on question with a Berlebach planet. I received the mounting ring from Berlebach, and it emphasized how large the base of the AP1100 will be in comparison to this tripod. I do not plan to

Hi Brent, This is awesome! Was this with SkyTrack connected to the Mach2 via AP ASCOM driver or did you write a direct interface? Really nice work! Luca

WoW, super! Looks like the little satellite is dodging incoming missiles. Rolando

That’s really fun. It’s fascinating to see what folks can do with our equipment. Thanks so much for sharing your video, Brent! Karen AP

Nice Brent! It looks like you are making excellent progress on the project. -- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image Gallery - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/

> How is the gamepad wired up? The gamepad is not wired to the mount. It provides input to the software that calculates the satellite position.

> making an adjustment with a gamepad How is the gamepad wired up? Fwiw, I've been using APPC "remote" with a laptop. When I need to do something at the mount (e.g. last night for some reason I had to

Way cool! -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, Hawaii Virus-free. www.avg.com

First night out with my Mach2. How is this for different - a StarLink satellite is a tight round dot and the stars are streaks... :) The perpendicular movement at 00:24 is me making an adjustment

Wonderful capture Geoff!

Excellent! Rolando

This is a seldom photographed object. However, it is quite large (3') and bright (12.1). Mount:AP900GTO Camera: FLI Proline 16803 Telescope: 12.5" Planewave. Processed in PixInsight. Technical

Is there is a formal process for submitting software enhancement requests for the AP ASCOM driver or APCC? Thanks.

Strange – the one I made from Schedule 80 PVC is a good fit in the sense that the shaft slides in and out with a little “whoosh” of air, but not even close to getting stuck. - Barry

Hi John, You need to outfit it with the 2" male end plugs for the PVC tubing. No restrictions. The 24" length PVC I bought fit both my 14" and 8.5" shaft extension, excluding the AP shaft stop. The

Fritz, I dumbly got a reducer that slipped over the pipe properly but had a smaller cap with female threads. Went back to HD and got two different pieces. This time the part that slips over the pipe