We are probably off “Telescope Topic” on Win-10 causing serious unexpected problems, to be solved with just a fresh re-install – but ... Sorry, that’s not quite likely in many cases. A fresh install o

On the subject of OTA safety ... I would strongly suggest you be certain to have a wide head bolt, wider than the D-plate center groove – such as a 1/4-20 camera equipment lock nut – screwed UNDER the

Hi, I have always used PARK-2, the safest and easiest position from which to mount or dismount my RC-14.5 inch truss OTA – when I have to. I also use that position with a much lighter OTA, such as a Q

Bill – to you and your Colleagues at Microsoft... BRAVO – very well done indeed !!!!!! Joe Z.

Ray, sorry about my not being clear. What I meant to say is that after I managed to kill the tracking by rapidly going to the “Toggle Tracking” button, it would eventually toggle itself back on, for s

Ray, Is it possible to give us some control over the warning message’s screen position? A few times, I would get a Limits Exceeded warning, and had no way to get back to the control Tab, to turn off i

Hi, similar to the (sometimes undesirable) automatic Tracking hassle on APCC start up, I dislike the fact that ANY GOTO command automatically turns Sidereal Tracking back on. Recently, I was doing som

Hi Peter, I’ve been regularly doing 15 minute unguided photos with an RCOS-14.5 an my old AP-1200/CP4, and APCC PRO. However, this was only after dedicating several hours over a few nights to running

Hi, I get PEMPRO’s sometimes confusing target star selection, a lot as well. I was out there last night for very many hours just to get a PEMPRO polar align on my AP-1200/CP4. There were times, when i

Thanks Ray – As usual, an excellent response to my recent PEMPRO concerns. I have filed this gem away on my hard drive, for future relearning, or if I have another senior moment. Wish you would had wr

Ray, ... and TOM – I too commiserate with your frustration with polar alignment, when trying to get it perfect and permanent ... I ran a few more hours of PEMPRO tonight, and surprisingly, the rotatio

Hi Ray, Tube Currents in a Truss. Which 18” truss OTA do you use, and do the fans blow at the back of the primary to cool off the day heated glass, or blow out from the back, drawing ambient air strea

Yes, Ray. Confirmed. No modelling of any kind. Joe

Hi Ray, Just curious about this. While doing my polar alignment runs the other night, I shut down any apps that might have been running, including APCC. The idea was to eliminate any other app that mi

Hi Ray, Not worried by “tube currents” – it is a 14.5” truss rather than a solid tube. A little reluctant to experiment with greatly offsetting the polar axis, after spending around 6 hours getting it

Totally agree with you Ray. I like to do as you suggest, stick to rotation reference rather than east/west positional. Perhaps a good analogy is thinking how to steer an outboard motor boat. Pushing a

Ray, One thought came to me during my problematic runs – the major planets (Jupiter & Saturn) are very close to the meridian right now, slightly south of the equatorial. This won’t matter at any other

Yes Ray. We’re on the same page, and I’ve got my bearings. It is a standard “Push-Pull” system. Screwing-in the right side knob (on the west side on an AP-1200), where the AZ adjuster is located on th

Hi Ray, It was a very long night, so I must have redone PEMPRO about 5 or 6 times. I could have made the same mistake in the lead up to the drift graph, every time, but I doubt it. I’m not new to PEMP

Hi Tom, Funny that you should mention the odd “adjustment direction” misbehaviour running PEMPRO. Like you, I have years of familiarity with PEMPRO, and it is actually fun to use. However, I spent hou