Tired my new Mach1GTO for the first time last night. Mount was leveled E/W and balanced per instructions. I used the RASPA right out of the box to do PA following initial rough polar alignment. I then

I did- as I stated in my post.

OK- thank you very much

No, Have Polaris in my sights. Frankly, I am really lost now. I am balanced and leveled and coordinates and date and time are all entered as location 1. I did a rough polar align followed by the RAPAS

Christopher That is correct. Thank you very much! This is excellent. Bruce

Thank you again Christopher.

Thank you Rolando. This is very clear. As Christopher pointed out, I am use to Celestron terminology and procedures which is why I am getting confused despite reading the manual. Thank you again, Bruc

I use to do this with StarSense on my C11 on the Alt-AZ mount. Much, much easier. How do you plate solve now?

I just bought a Mach1GTO for my de-forked C11" and am still feeling out how the mount works. I also bought the RAPAS for PA. The scope is balanced and it is leveled in the E/W direction. I did an init

Thanks Ron I see that PHD2 does have a Mac version but I understand what you mean about OSX vs Windows. Right now I mainly do short exposures like 20-60s - so, more like what is described on Cloudy Ni

Thanks Roland I tried last night but could never get Capella, near Zenith, to stop drifting upward regardless as to how far I adjusted with the altitude adjustment knob. I'll try again tonight but it

yes and well balanced

Roland Got it - Leveling and balance just the usual setup routine I need to be careful to confirm my N/S/E/W directions (understand up and down means nothing) so that horizontal crosshairs are paralle

well, I am obviously not doing something right For AZ adjustment, I have a star near the meridian and just above the celestial equator and have it sitting on the crosshairs of the CCD camera software

No!! You are not understanding- enough with the dude! I am in the southern sky.

Enough please- you are not understanding

Thank you, Peter- correct. And to update..... After only achieving 3 mins without any drift doing the AZ adjustment, I did go pick a star in the east, just north of the celestial equator, about 20 deg

Hi George Yes- completely flush- no separation To recap the scenario...... After balancing and being level, I do a rough PA and then attach the RAPAS and adjust the ALT and AZ to match the app. I then

Ok- I will try this next time out I did lock the mirror on the C11 with the two clutch knobs but I did not notice any difference. And as I told George, I am really confused as to why the RAPAS out of

Yes- the iOS does always refresh when you open the app