Hi Leo, Take a look at this video. It shows how to set up the mount to flip before the meridian. The only additional thing you will need to do is to enable the checkbox to send the flip point to

And also, I forgot to mention it and while this error happened to me again - sometimes SGP fails to perform the flip even when telescope has already crossed meridian. Please see attached screenshot. I

I'm attaching the screenshots with full resolution.

Hi Mark, Thanks for this ! Regarding test n°1 : the yellow LED is permanently on. The green LED blinks occasionally. Just a a reminder, the mount is directly connected to

Hello Ray, Sorry for delay in posting reply. The issue I raised in this post was about inability of SGP to perform auto flip BEFORE meridian crossing. I've learned how to setup simple meridian limits

4 is correct. It adapts to several different AP mount bases and offers multiple orientations. 4 bolts is plenty sufficient -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI

I bought a used AP1100 from astromart. It also came with the Losmandy heavy-duty tripod by AP which includes the 119FSA with fasteners. I can only bolt-on 4 screws on the 119FSA to the tripod, since

Hi Rolando, Can you tell me what your image scale is for this setup and the length of your images? Also, what FWHM are your stars and what eccentricity were your stars? Tony

Hi Astronuts, More unguided imaging with the 17" Astrograph on the 1600 Encoder mount: https://www.astrobin.com/full/pmc2n2/0/?nc=Uncarollo Closeup of the stars in the core of M13, taken during good

That’s really zeroing in on it! I like how it came out Here’s that one I posted a couple days ago at full rez I don’t sharpen so keep that in mind: levels and curves only

I shot this image with the 10" f14.6 Mak to get a closeup of the Hourglass. Trusty old STL11K with narrowband filters. https://www.astrobin.com/full/7qege5/B/?nc=Uncarollo&real=&mod= Rolando

Welcome Mike I have already seen your name on a couplemessages on the forum. Impressive ! Most impressive ! Best Regards Michael Hambrick ARLANXEO TSR Global Manufacturing Support PO Box 2000 Orange,

Welcome Mike! Great to hear the news! Jim Get Outlook for iOS

Hi AP, Any news on the new keypad? Dominique

Hi Mike, Glad to hear this excellent news.. There are no shortage of questions on this forum and your expertise will be welcome. Dominique

Welcome to the group. I’m a new owner of an AP1100-GTO and will probably have questions sooner than later 😎

Welcome Mike! I was just thinking that Roland has done an amazing job teaching us about optics, especially with the production end of the MAK. Well, it would be great to have similar lessons on

Welcome, Mike. Phillip Coker

Welcome, Mike! I'm excited to lean more about what you do and any knowledge you could impart.

Hi Mike, Great news...Looking forward to learning from your expertise. Dave