Daniel, a true work of art and I am so glad your retirement coincided with a great astronomical time. I had seen this image before and did not link the author to your signature here. Exceedingly

Frank Widmann kindly suggested a Kingdel industrial computer. It has 8 USB ports and an Ethernet connection. Everything plugs into that, which is the control computer. Then I access that computer with

Thank you very much, Roger! I've spent the past few months transitioning from an ASIAIR setup to a Win 10 NUC + NINA with tons of troubleshooting. Wanted to AVOID simple mistakes when incorporating

Exactly how mine is set up, except that I am direct connected from laptop to GTOCP4 via Ethernet.

Thanks Rolando, No, I live about 40 km straight north of Montreal :-) If you follow the link to my Clear Sky Chart (in my signature block) and click on the light pollution map you'll get an

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQLvL1FY8Y As per my video link above I have just noticed a vibration and noise issue from the RA axis. It only does it when going from the west side to the east side

Pretty sure I have this right, just wanted to verify before I powered everything up. Goal is to run APCC and Nina. Have a backyard setup with the ATS Pier and a 1100GTO. I have ethernet from an

That's a very nice image. You must live near or on the Mediterranean coast of France. Rolando

Mike, In this thread I see a confusion between sampling and resolution. What you refer to is sampling, i.e., the number of arcseconds per pixel. Sampling is indeed doubled if you double the focal

Will do. Thank again Roland!

Yes, we can send you another set of cables. I will alert the office on Monday. Meanwhile make sure that both cables are securely seated all the way into the connectors. I would also mark which cable

Thanks for the quick reply Roland. After switching the cables as you advised the problem has gone away! Seems to be running great now. Do you think it would be a good idea to order another set of

There are no gears grinding. It sounds like the stepper motor in RA has lost connection to one of the phases and is trying to run on a single phase (this will do no harm to the motor or mount, it

Hello I’ve had the Mach2 for quite some time now and I’ve been enjoying it quite a lot! It has been performing perfectly. Except last night I went to image a object and it slewed way off target

Beautiful image with amazing detail Jian! Don Anderson

Karen, Roberto, Rolando, Kenneth, Jeff, Lee Thank you for your kind comments! 1100GTO is an excellent telescope mount and I am a happy owner. :-) Regards, Jian Yuan Peng

Spectacular picture! Lee

> I have my MGBoxV2 mounted at the top of the observatory walls, That makes sense. I'm just wondering if there is significant temperature and humidity change at localized heights. I sorta feel like

Nice moon image, Mike...very sharp! Bryan

Jeff I was not sure what the GPS would do as far as acquiring signals as the mount slews, so I have my MGBoxV2 mounted at the top of the observatory walls, i.e. immobile. The PC is also not on the