Wow.

Hello group, My Mach2 was recently delivered, and I've been slowly learning the system in my suburban Milwaukee back yard. My previous mount purchase was in 1994 (a Losmandy G11) so I have much to lea

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Hello everyone, Hey Energized Guy, good to hear from you! Hope we can do some imaging at Harrington soon. I have much to learn from you. And Michael, thanks for the cart tip. Two computers are because

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When I took delivery of my Mach2 without the handset keypad, I did not yet have a PC computer. So I tried using the mount with my Sky Safari program. I could move the mount with the arrows but that wa

With a bright moon and clear skies, I spent the July 1-2 evening drift aligning at a remote Wisconsin state park site to accurately configure the RAPAS with the Mach2. This was the first time I had th

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Hello all, Absent the keypad, I've been using SkySafari6 and my iPhone as a hand controller, via WiFi, to nudge the field of view when centering objects for photography. I do this by first initializin

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Hello Astro-Physics, Any new estimates on keypad shipment dates for Mach2 owners? Thanks, Ernie Mastroianni

Hello Haydon, I also have a Mach2 and use Sky Safari 6 Plus on an iPhone and iPad to point it. I'm doing this while waiting for the hand controller, so my situation is much like yours. I've had fairly

Hello all, I recently did some more extensive tests to isolate the Mach2 WiFi issues I've had and got some interesting results. First, my field setup: A PC with APCC Pro runs the mount. My MacBook Pro

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Hi, 130FeetDeep, It is safe to say that SkySafari 6 Pro and Plus work properly with the Mach2 and the CP5 (given my setup) but certain conditions can create WiFi drop outs. However, I found no fault w

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Earlier this evening (Dec. 20) the Mach2 at a lakefront Milwaukee parking lot, set up to shoot the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction. Then clouds. The good news: daytime field alignment worked. I leveled the

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Great shot. Super sharp, excellent processing.

My thinking has been that if the RAPAS is properly calibrated to the Mach2's RA axis, then a non-leveled tripod won't make a difference. Once the polar axis is precisely aligned, it does not care what

Hi Jeff C. Thanks for this post, you inspired me to look for a travel case. I found this: A Seahorse 830 equipment case. Arrived today. It fits my Mach2 precisely, without removing the dovetail clamp

My apologies Jeff and the A-P group, and glad you looked closely. I was mistaken, I have the Seahorse 920, and NOT the 830. It has a width of 13.88 inches, which is critical to get the width of the mo

I'm a Mach2 owner and use it with a MacBook Pro and iPhone and keypad hand controller. The recent upgrades to Sky Safari are a big improvement. I can use Sky Safari Plus to run the mount with my iPhon

Thanks George!

Take a look at the Seahorse 920 case specifications. Fits my Mach2 perfectly, without taking off my short AP saddle. about $150 shipped. https://www.casesbymasco.com/product-130020/920-Protective-Case

I had no problems at all with my Mach2 at about 0 deg F in MKE earlier this month. Taken with a C925 at f/10.

How much weight is that Mach2 carrying? And is the 10” Maksutov f/16?