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Leo Triplet with thanks to my AP1100AE
A special nod goes out to the AP1100AE. I got about 50 hours of data on this, including 7 remote, and not one sub needed to be discarded due to eccentricity or trailing (a LOT of subs were discarded d
A special nod goes out to the AP1100AE. I got about 50 hours of data on this, including 7 remote, and not one sub needed to be discarded due to eccentricity or trailing (a LOT of subs were discarded d
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AP900 GTO CP3 and AsiAir Plus
#asi_air_plus
Hello Fabien I have just finished some testing with my CP3 and ASIAir, here is some feedback >>>I cannot connect my mount with the AstroPhysics CP3/4 protocole offered by ASIAIR Plus : why? I can conn
Hello Fabien I have just finished some testing with my CP3 and ASIAir, here is some feedback >>>I cannot connect my mount with the AstroPhysics CP3/4 protocole offered by ASIAIR Plus : why? I can conn
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Brian Valente
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Do you need to redo a APPM model after collimation?
Thanks everyone for the confirmation. Last night the model did work very well after the collimation. Though today I had to take apart the entire tube to adjust the primary retaining ring due to some m
Thanks everyone for the confirmation. Last night the model did work very well after the collimation. Though today I had to take apart the entire tube to adjust the primary retaining ring due to some m
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Pete Mumbower
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Do you need to redo a APPM model after collimation?
>>>If you move the secondary then stars will move on the sensor so your positioning will be off by a very small number of pixels. It is unlikely to affect guiding or tracking since those corrections h
>>>If you move the secondary then stars will move on the sensor so your positioning will be off by a very small number of pixels. It is unlikely to affect guiding or tracking since those corrections h
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Brian Valente
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Do you need to redo a APPM model after collimation?
If you move the secondary then stars will move on the sensor so your positioning will be off by a very small number of pixels. It is unlikely to affect guiding or tracking since those corrections hard
If you move the secondary then stars will move on the sensor so your positioning will be off by a very small number of pixels. It is unlikely to affect guiding or tracking since those corrections hard
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Nick Iversen
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AP 155EDT f/9 for SALE
Dear All, due to personal reasons, I have decided to put up for sale my AP 155EDT f/9 -- the very best of all the very many 6" refractors that have passed through my hands (AP, TMB, Zeiss, Takahashi,
Dear All, due to personal reasons, I have decided to put up for sale my AP 155EDT f/9 -- the very best of all the very many 6" refractors that have passed through my hands (AP, TMB, Zeiss, Takahashi,
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Massimiliano Lattanzi
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AP900 GTO CP3 and AsiAir Plus
#asi_air_plus
Hello, my name is Fabien from France, 2 questions : - First : I tried to connect for the first time my AP900 GTO CP3 mount to my new (updated) AsiAir Plus box. The firmware version of my CP3 is also u
Hello, my name is Fabien from France, 2 questions : - First : I tried to connect for the first time my AP900 GTO CP3 mount to my new (updated) AsiAir Plus box. The firmware version of my CP3 is also u
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Fabien
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AP1200 CP3 declination backlash
Hi Tom I can't speak for your comparative 1200 question, but in the big picture a 380ms backlash is small and easily handled in PHD2 with auto backlash compensation feature. By comparison you start ge
Hi Tom I can't speak for your comparative 1200 question, but in the big picture a 380ms backlash is small and easily handled in PHD2 with auto backlash compensation feature. By comparison you start ge
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Brian Valente
· #94188
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AP1200 CP3 declination backlash
Last year I acquired an older AP1200 CP3 mount, and upgraded it with the V2 chip to V4.19.3 Yesterday with moderate seeing, I ran the PHD2 guiding assistant and found out that the mount has approximat
Last year I acquired an older AP1200 CP3 mount, and upgraded it with the V2 chip to V4.19.3 Yesterday with moderate seeing, I ran the PHD2 guiding assistant and found out that the mount has approximat
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Tom Alderweireldt
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Changing DST handpad
I run my PC and keypad on UT so I don't have to worry about daylight saving time changes. A-P has a document describing setting this up: Daylight Savings Change in Keypads. Richard
I run my PC and keypad on UT so I don't have to worry about daylight saving time changes. A-P has a document describing setting this up: Daylight Savings Change in Keypads. Richard
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Richard Benoit
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Galaxy Mosaic
Hi Roland, did you see the Tilter M68 from Baader? Grüsse Konstantin Konstantin v. Poschinger Hammerichstr. 5 22605 Hamburg 040/8805747 0171/1983476
Hi Roland, did you see the Tilter M68 from Baader? Grüsse Konstantin Konstantin v. Poschinger Hammerichstr. 5 22605 Hamburg 040/8805747 0171/1983476
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Konstantin von Poschinger
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Astro-Physics at Obstech (Observatorio El Sauce)
Thanks Brian- I responded to a later post in the thread but thought better of it if I responded to the original post. -Best, Robert
Thanks Brian- I responded to a later post in the thread but thought better of it if I responded to the original post. -Best, Robert
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ROBERT WYNNE
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Astro-Physics at Obstech (Observatorio El Sauce)
Thanks for the A-P mount vignette. There must be more A-P mounts per square foot installed there than anywhere else in the world. -Best, Robert
Thanks for the A-P mount vignette. There must be more A-P mounts per square foot installed there than anywhere else in the world. -Best, Robert
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ROBERT WYNNE
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Weird star artifact - bad PA or bad seeing or something else?
👍 Brian
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Brian Valente
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Changing DST handpad
Well, it sounds like I have been doing this all wrong. I normally run my mount off APCC with the keypad set to EXT, but for the past two time changes I have been starting up the mount without connecti
Well, it sounds like I have been doing this all wrong. I normally run my mount off APCC with the keypad set to EXT, but for the past two time changes I have been starting up the mount without connecti
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M Hambrick
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Galaxy Mosaic
Mega dittos on the Astro-Physics tilt adapter ! Where's the sign-up sheet ? Mike
Mega dittos on the Astro-Physics tilt adapter ! Where's the sign-up sheet ? Mike
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M Hambrick
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Astro-Physics at Obstech (Observatorio El Sauce)
Awesome photo! Thanks for sharing :)
Awesome photo! Thanks for sharing :)
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Bill Long
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Galaxy Mosaic
Yes, I hear you. I want one also that is intuitive. Roland
Yes, I hear you. I want one also that is intuitive. Roland
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Roland Christen
· #94178
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Do you need to redo a APPM model after collimation?
If you don't remove the scope then you should be ok with the model that you have. Rolando
If you don't remove the scope then you should be ok with the model that you have. Rolando
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Roland Christen
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Thor's Helmet Unguided
Hi Terri, I know you had trouble originally with the internal USB 3 extension inside the Mach2, for downloading images from your ZWO 6200MM camera. Is that issue resolved for you? I have used both 12
Hi Terri, I know you had trouble originally with the internal USB 3 extension inside the Mach2, for downloading images from your ZWO 6200MM camera. Is that issue resolved for you? I have used both 12
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Roland Christen
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