That’s a fun album, Mike! There are quite a few hats shipping recently, so I hope to see some in the album over the summer. Clear Skies, Marj Christen Astro-Physics 11250 Forest Hills

Yes, that email is from me! Thanks for checking with us though. You can never be too careful. Liam

Bad connection to either of the two motors will cause this. Most likely a loose cable connection to the motor box. Second thing could be a poor connection at one of the connectors inside the cable.

Don't remove the flux. It does no harm. Removing it is NOT recommended! Rolando

Yes, it is legitimate but only affects a few people. Please follow the instructions in the letter thank you. On May 31, 2021, at 9:49 PM, weihaowang <whwang@...> wrote:

Nice setup. You probably don't need much guiding with the encoders anyway....

It would help to have the link to the album> https://ap-gto.groups.io/g/main/album?id=264707

I also took the liberty of adding the photo that David Johnson's posted on May 9 of his wife wearing her A-P hat. Mike

M Hambrick <mhambrick563@...> added the album Photos of Forum Members in their A-P Logo Hats: Here is a photo album where forum members can upload photos of themselves wearing Astro-Physics logo hats

Hi Tom, Can you be more specific? In the latest APCC, the Emergency Slew window closes when a slew completes. So, do you mean the window dowsn't open at all? If that is the case, then maybe another

Hi, A few days ago, I got an email from AP regarding a special firmware update for CP5, saying that it will require a special firmware load. I don't see any discussion about this here, so I wonder if

HI This has happened three times now. It works one day and then the next is gone. Anyone know how to restore it? Thanks, Tom

My camera + OAG is the old workhorse: STF8300 and OAG8300 + ST-i guide camera. Not sure that you can get the above setup from Diffraction Limited anymore. cytan

Perfect. That's the exact setup I want to use. How about your off axis guider, pretty good results? What guide scope and camera?

the other night I set my Mach 1 up with a RASA 8 as a trial before New Moon. this was a new scope to me. it was balanced , no cabling issues and in fact with the clutches loosened the scope was free

I think I figured it out. When I tested it, DEC was 89 54' 14.3 sec, which is close to 90 degrees, and when you're close to 90 degrees the meridian limits don't work. When I backed off DEC a degree,

I just created Meridian Limits but am getting unexpected behavior. When tracking, I get "Limit Reached" when the mount gets to the Meridian, not when it gets to the Meridian Limit. I've successfully

I'm using the SBD12+SBDAPB and the 14inch Losmandy plate with my AP130GT. See attached photo. cytan On Monday, May 31, 2021, 02:16:31 PM

I have an AP130 GT. The older rings do not have the top center holes. I have the rings attached to an SBD12 lower dovetail. Will the spacing on the rings on the SBD12 + SDDAPB riser blocks on

Hi Marj, I got a piece of non-conductive foam that had the right thickness to compress the board down when the cover is screwed back on. See photo. Interestingly, I see flux residue on the pins of