Nick, Do you have a full version of Pinpoint? If so, try SkySolve: http://winfij.homeip.net/development/SkySolve/index.html I operate my AP1200GTO remotely (try a 5-hour *flight* to fix things!), and

Thank you very much for looking and commenting, all! Anthony, yes, there is definitely no substitute for dark skies! Eric

Hello all, I haven't been active on the DSO imaging groups lately. I still have a bit of a backlog to work through, and was also distracted by the solar events of May and June (my apologies to those w

TheSky6 has native drivers for both mounts. If you have not installed ASCOM on the PC running TheSky, you can control either mount. I ran both a Takahashi and AP mount quite happily for a while using

Hello all, I *finally* got around to processing and posting my gallery of images taken of the annular eclipse and Venus transit (I guess I won't be a great "breaking news" report, eh?). Anyway, it's b

Rolando, Nice! So this performance can be replicated on mounts without encoders? :) Eric

Saw that pic, too. It also had the Maksutov in addition to the 175 and RH. Shweet! :) Eric

Hi Samuel, Do you guide internally (via the camera's guide chip)? If so, what do you do after the meridian flip? If you are shooting the same target and frame it such that a good guide star is availab

Hi Jim, About 1.5 x 1 degree. Eric

Hi all, I just wanted to share my experience as another happy "SkySolve" user. Last night, I started up my mount (AP1200GTO) in a remote location (2,000 miles away) after a 3-week hiatus (based on my

Thanks, Bill! Eric

Thanks for looking and commenting, Peter! Eric

Hello once again, If I may, I am posting this one by itself. As I mentioned in my prior post, the focuser of my TOA-130 developed issues preventing me from imaging as much as I would have wanted. Last

Hello all, Here is a trio of images from my TOA-130F taken over the last several months. First is a narrowband image of SH2-142, nicknamed The Wizard Nebula. It is popularly referred to as NGC 7380, b

Hi Alastair, I my AP1200GTO is currently 2,000 miles away. I had some pointing and slewing inconsistencies the first few months, with the mount getting hopelessly lost. The tech support guy and I beca

Thanks, Parijat and Rolando! :) Eric

Hello all, M53 and NGC 5053 in Coma Berenices come closest to being a double-globular cluster counterpart to the glorious Double Cluster in Perseus. I managed to snag this pair last April from my remo

Thanks, everyone! Anthony: "You have a uniform vertical strip on the right side of the image ... is that due to the chip and which the flat did not correct or is it actual signal?" You've got eagle ey

Hello all, Over the last few months I have been somewhat busy getting a remote observatory in New Mexico up and running. After working my way through some glitches, I can finally share an image gather

Good morning all, I am considering turning off Daylight Savings Time on my observatory PC to prevent any possible confusion by my AP1200. I am imaging remotely using MaximDL, TheSky6 and CCD Autopilot