Ok, thanks Ray. I understand the APPM benefit but didn't think it was for those of us using the mount in a portable fashion. So I have some questions into George on results. Terri

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Thanks Joe, I'll look at it. I guess I'm not clear on how long it takes to create a model. I thought this a long process. If it's just a few points, then that sounds just like I do already with blind

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Thanks Ray, Sounds like a good thing to play with on a full moon night before a little narrow band imaging. Right now it looks like it might be clear again. Two days in a row after getting a new toy i

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HI Wayne, my issue was a little different. It had to do with V2 reporting a different coordinate than the direction the mount was pointing. I believe it was due to a corrupt V2 installation. Once I re

Hi Rolando, In looking at my graph without guiding input, the center of my RA trace drifted around 6.25 arc seconds in 11 minutes (in RA). In DEC, the trace shows only about 3.75 arc seconds of drift

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Wayne, Congratulations on getting some clear skies! I was hoping for another night tonight myself, but alas Vermont weather doesn't cooperate often. I found the same as you, that the mount didn't ever

Congratulations Wayne, this is great news! I can't wait to try the updated settings. I've never done the delay between pulses either, but it certainly makes sense. Thanks to Roland for the guiding edu

Thank you again Roland for your personal time here. I think what you're telling me is that by drift aligning, and then adjusting your polar scope to put polaris in the correct position based on the dr

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Thank you Rolando, I will give it a try next time I'm out. You know, whenever I setup, I wonder just how stable things are. My tripods by themselves are generally stable But if for instance, a tripod

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Dean, For new A-P mount owners/users like me it would be interesting to understand your flow, using the keypad plus software and why. I've only just recently understood that the keypad/hand controller

I’ve gotten several personal messages asking me to post pictures. Here you go: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yldIol7IwBtdcCPXYaQDLo21BOGmGIq1/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/15911

Hi Jerome, I like it very much. Very solid. I also purchased spikes for the feet as I wasn't sure how the swiveling foot pads will work. Given I purchased the center extension, I probably didn't need

Finally a clear dark sky (not a hazy moon filled sky with clear spots) and I was able to use the mach2 from 8pm until around 2:30am (just before mooonrise). The mount was a pure pleasure. I was able t

Hi Dean, thanks.. It's a very quiet and confidence inspiring piece of equipment.. if that makes sense. I have to admit that my knowledge of how to make guiding sing isn't consistent with how many year

Hi Wayne, I had one of those two nights before, in fact very breezy. So breezy it blew my computer shelter/crate right off the table while I was holding my laptop adjusting guide camera focus. I didn'

Hi Wayne, yes, I usually have it on. It might be interesting to do a test to see how much difference it makes. In other words, do the polar alignment with the correction turned on, and then try it aga

Allen, The atmosphere creates significant star movement in my less exotic locale (at 155M in Vermont under the jet stream). And what I'm reporting is guiding (i'm actively guiding), not tracking. So y

Cheng-Yang, Thank you for agreeing with my feedback, I am pretty pleased with the results on the Mach2 operation so far.. I think some others are questioning the results and I'm providing the best ans

Robert, thank you for the response.. just seeing it now. I currently have ski safari pro on my macbook and my IOS devices (IPAD and iphone) so will likely not purchase another platform license. I've b

Hey Wayne, I want to try a model creation myself. I was going to try on the 15th, but after pressing run, it went off and nothing seemed to happen, and not wanting to waste good clear sky, I abandoned