Hi everyone I'm wondering how you set your ap mount limits when you can't access your mount? I'm thinking meridian limits and absolute limits (i.e., so it doesn't crash into the pier) We have a 1600

Very nice, but I see a serious problemwith the new version: The roof is closed :>) All kidding aside I do have a dumb question.In the original version you had your workspace (desk & laptop) on

Thanks Roland and Charles! The mount and software package that the AP team has put together is super nice. Everything has worked flawlessly. -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image

Very clean implementation Dean! Thanks, Charles Sent from mobile device.

Post that on CN and watch them drool ;^)) Rolando

Clean as a whistle! (or hound's tooth?). Rolando

... and finally, the Mach2 + scope has a new look. No guiding apparatus. https://www.astrobin.com/yqzal0/C/ -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery -

Are you sure it was truly clear sky where you had your telescope pointed? Faint high-level clouds can affect the measured HFD/HFR of the star(s) that MaximDL is using. Clouds move, and that could

Jim, I am wondering if what you're seeing is that the scope is still cooling and the optics and tube are still changing shape. Just because the outside temps are stable does NOT mean that the scope is

I don't believe seeing has any effect on focus position. Temperature has the most effect. The aluminum tube shrinks with falling temps and optical lenses also change focal position with dropping

I would generally expect seeing effects to be more random in nature not as monotonous but I may be incorrect. Not much experience.

Interesting... I live on Long Island in NY. Jim

It could be due to variation in the seeing.I have been wanting to ask the experts on the forum what they are actuallylooking at when they talk about seeing in terms of arc seconds, and howthey measure

Here’s the tabular data.

I am imaging with a QSI683WS8 and a Starlight Instruments focuser with the Starlight stepper motor on an AP130mm EDF refractor Using MaximDL. I was attempting to measure the filter offsets with my

... and the final result - - 120 x 2 minute unguided - 100% of the subs were used https://www.astrobin.com/full/epobup/B/ - link to higher res version in upper right corner technical details page -

Divide and conquer. Always my favorite troubleshooting approach! If you have a CP4 or a CP3 with a later firmware chip, you should be able to download the PEM data from the CP3/4 using PEMpro and then

My solution has been to power everything with 12v. The mount works fine and slews at up to 1200x with 12v - actually 13.6v. The mount is just plugged into my RigRunner along with everything else.

Thanks Roland, I understand the applicability of 24V DC vs. 12V DC, thanks. I didn't realize the CP5 connector on the box is called a Hirose connector. It's probably mentioned somewhere in your

My Sincerest THANK YOU to Roland and others who helped. (guy that said he had same thing from his PEC) above = ) I had a hole in the clouds for a few minutes and opened up. I recorded a new PEC run