Seems like a great option for power, but think I'll use my AGM battery until it dies before spending $500 on a battery. I'm able to use my 55AH battery all night now, with an Atlas mount, camera, cool

Thanks Karen and David for the replies, picture and links. I'm trying to get everything together ahead of time. My current setup has wires everywhere (no through mount wiring) and I am looking forward

Karen, maybe show a picture of the connectors on the dec axis.. are they they same kinds of connectors. Most of my USB 3 cables have a B plug on the non-computer side.. this shows an A style plug. Not

Just in time for stress testing in the frozen north... Although the 'stress' is likely to effect the operator more than the mount (frown). Terri

Thanks Jim, I had thought the proper way is to use the forum, but maybe I’m mistaken about this. I thought it was one of their support mechanisms, so thank you for clarifying. I’ll give them a call. T

Hi, No snow here in Vermont, and hoping Mach2's will be shipping before snowfall. I have been assembling my kit and how have my tripod and extensions, etc.. and bought a couple of weights, but still a

Derek and now Marj, thank you for supporting this resource.. Seems a good community willing to share their expertise with others and doing so without a lot of drama. Terri

That must be why I didn’t get the call about shipping my Mach2. Terri

What a beautiful image. I really like the intense vivid false colors of the narrowband images. Everywhere you look in this image, there is some eye candy awaiting your glance. Terri

Gorgeous shot! Wow!! At over 8 hours per panel, your standards of are pretty high if this is on the low end of integration time! Very 3 dimensional. Terri

HI Charles, can I ask what you did here? Did you update all of your focus motors to Pegasus , or is the Pegasus controller compatible with most stepper motors so you basically just sold your controlle

Wow, that’s a stunning image, such dramatic vivid color and contrast! Terri

I believe you order the ap900 pole master adapter. If you look on the features List, it’s one of the features listed almost to the bottom. Terri

Peter, You’re doing what I do now, with multiple USBs, power and the ethernet cable for feathertouch focuser and have most of your controller ’stuff’ down below. Luckily with the mount you have, you h

Dale, That’s a beautiful setup, and sounds very well thought out for setup and tear down. Kind of what I want to do with the Mach2, with the hub and power distribution on top. I’ve purchased a nice AD

Hi Charles, I’ve looked at these before, and they look very slick, but because I already have several focus and dew controllers, and the high price I opted just to make a power distribution center and

Hi Peter, So on your current setup do you have multiple USB or power cables routed up through the mount? I was thinking it’s going to be really clean just moving my hub and power distribution box to t

Wow, impressive Peter.. basically uninterruptible power. On more than one occasion I’ve tripped over, and/or yanked a power cord out (I am eternally clumsy). Over the last winter I’ve gone to adding l

Thanks guys for the suggestions. I have essentially the same setup (different source for my meter) on my battery setup. It includes a shunt so I have current load, voltage, and power readings. What I

Thanks Karen, I do see that the A-P forums are a little friendlier in general. Realize that I’ll only have an A-P mount after I get my Mach2, and will be shooting through my TEC140 or other scope. Alt