Hi all, I've received a RAPAS to use with my Mach2 when I'm doing outreach or in other instances when I don't use a computer. But I've not been very satisfied with the results from the polemaster I ha

Hi Wayne, send me a note, theresamarie11 at gmail dot com. I may be able to help as well as I've been learning a lot and maybe we're in the same situation. I haven't been able to send you an e-mail so

Dominic, if you can share your e-mail with me in a form name at domain dot com, so that the IO-Groups software doesn't strip it out, I can send you the version that I have. Some people have asked me b

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Last night I was able to image for 6 hours or so, including some imaging of Atlas C/2019 Y4. I used the opportunity to try out the Horizons software, so I downloaded the ephemeris data for Atlas. I di

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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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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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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

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

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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