Thanks, Steven. If you or anyone else tries out the plugins mentioned in the FAQ, let me know how it goes. Feedback is always appreciated.

That is actually different as of this week. Sbig native support is in

I think it's not uncommon for the initial reaction to a change in software pricing model, and certainly from a single all-inclusive to some form of subscription, is one that can be described as joltin

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Hi folks, I see Marj has announced APCC 1.9 and the new features it brings. I've prepared a FAQ for users of NINA and Astro-Physics mounts + APCC. It focuses on NINA 1.11 and the plugins and features

In the Initialize Mount settings (Settings > Edit Initialize Mount Settings), do you also have the "Set Tracking Rate" checkbox ticked? I don't have my mount connected up at the moment so I can't veri

Of your 3 questions, the 2nd one is the most pertinent and the answer to it informs the answers for the 1st and 3rd. We all live under one giant lens called the atmosphere. We all know it's dynamic wi

Yeah, I would call it a dead cable since the RA went dead once you plugged the dec cable into it, so the problem followed it. It wouldn't surprise me for a such an old mount. I maintain a 1200GTO for

A clarification - yes, multiple apps can access a camera through an ASCOM driver, as the ASCOM driver acts as the arbiter, or proxy, for all client applications that want to talk to the device (mount,

How it compares with any given other app is a highly subjective assessment. NINA has some features that other apps don't have, and NINA does not have some features that some other apps have. What matt

Hi Luke, There's nothing in particular that you need to do in NINA regarding the fact that you're driving a 12000+CP3, so your questions are more of a general NINA usage kind. In this capacity, the A-

Right. What George is saying is that you can unplug the dec cable from the dec motor and plug it into the RA motor. If the problem follows with the cable move, then the issue is quite likely a cable p

Could be the dec cable has developed a connection fault in the form of a broken wire. Swap it with the RA cable and see if moving the dec axis continues to have problems.

I've played around with Topaz. I got acceptable results by not giving it free reign. I'd make an original and a Topaz'd layer in PS and brush in the Topaz'd layer with varying levels of opacity to bri

I wouldn't bother with trying to replace the knobs. You can look for a "soft jaw wrench" or "soft jaw pliers" and use them instead. They're regular adjustable wrenches that have a hard rubber or silic

Yes, it's called a 3/16" hex key ;)

This looks like an old University model. It’s likely that it will need new blockers and trimmers after all these years. You can send it to Daystar and they can rehab it for you. I took and old Univers

This, but also put a 2" IR cut filter on the front of the diagonal.

How often do you PA? Do you spot check it at all? I leave mine out for days at a time, and the tri-pier (it's an A-P Eagle) sits on pavers that are sunk into the ground. The ground swells and subsides

Well, like I said before, you have a lot on your hands to get through as a first-time AP mount owner before you get to the point where you're creating models. I would not worry about it. APCC has been

If you have TSX already (didn't you have a Paramount before?) then you can use TSX's ImageLink for solving. Presumably you still have that installed or can reinstall it. The only thing you'll need to