In my quest for unguided imaging, I've picked up an MGBox V2 so that I can get temp, pressure, humidity and dew point. I have installed the MGBox V2 and verified that it is working correctly in its

Thanks for the info Roland. I guess I'll try

As long as you don't use the counterweight shaft to clean your optics, it should not matter if there is a bit of grease on the threads. You can also use a dry lubricant, which is less messy. Rolando

Hi guys, So, after a few trepidatious taps with a mallet and a long T-handle allen wrench, I got off the adapter. Whew :) I've always wanted to know this: Is it ok to put some grease or WD40 to the

Hi Eric, It could be that your settings file has gotten corrupted. With APCC not running, try deleting or renaming, C:\ProgramData\Astro-Physics\APCC\settings.apcc, then start APCC. You will have to

When I try to enable an ASCOM ObservingConditions source in the Environmental Configuration/Status dialog box, clicking on "Test" shows the temp, humidity, and dew point (my device doesn't save

Does anyone have a recommendation? The Sky X vs Maxim DL? I used to have a Paramount MX (PMX) which I have sold in lieu of AP1100 with AE and a soon expected Mach2. I used The Sky X with camera addon

Thanks again for your help Ray. My goal is to do long focal length videography of ISS passes. I use a closed loop method, query the current mount position, the satellite current position, satellite

Denice - Exactly what Kenneth said. Start with the nominal focal length for your scope, shoot an image and let the ASIAIR software plate solve that image, and that will tell you the actual focal

Hi Brent, When caching is off, you are sending commands directly to the mount and not interpreted by APCC. Horizons uses APCC modeling in APCC Pro. I previously said Horizons turns off caching, but

If you have MaxIm DL you can also use PinPoint Astrometry to do your plate solve. You can use it with the GSC-1.1 catalog which can be downloaded free. You will need to enter the approximate RA and

Oh no... That's not good (at least for me). Is there a technical reason for that? Does that mean that Horizons does not use the modelling either?

Hi Brent, If you have RA/Dec caching disabled, you are going to get the mount's direct coordinates. With caching enabled, you will get the model-corrected coordinates. -Rau

Put the focal length that is stated in the specs of the scope. Then shoot and do a plate solve in asi air. It will then update the correct focal length into the field after sync to mount

I am running into problems figuring out the focal length to use with my new ZWO ASIAir Pro and ZWO ASI071 MC Pro camera and AP Stowaway. I have tried inputting 0 to have the ASIAir Pro calculate it

Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing! Rockford knew there was an eclipse coming, so it put up the nice clouds in preparation for the guest last night. This screenshot of the forecastproves that

Probably not. Rolando

that's pretty amazing for a mobile device-- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com

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No, here are pics made with my IPhone held up to the eyepiece of my Stowaway. JimP Get Outlook for iOS