Hi Astronuts, I have seen this question asked on other groups by people who wonder whether it is worthwhile to have encoders on a mount and what it will buy you in terms of performance. To answer the

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Here are some more pics of the Mach2GTO, for your entertainment. https://ap-gto.groups.io/g/main/album?id=213170 I made a few amateurish vids as well and will share the links after I edit them a bit a

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Can someone give an estimate of height "B" in the attached image for the new Mach 2 mount? Thanks!

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Dealer notified this morning. Estimated ship 2/28/20! Keypad may be delayed but I can get along without for a while. Wayne

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Day started with a call from George letting me know Mach2 was out for delivery a day early. Of course I had made lots of plans for the day to free up the next day. So I thought I’d wait and unpack the

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PS Did you find a serial number on the mount? I know it’s supposed to be the same as the CP5 but thought it would be on the mount too

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Hi AP Team In September I paid several thousand euros to reserve a Mach2 and despite a forecast early delivery in December and I understand very well that for a new product of this technology it could

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I'm expecting to receive my Mach 2 shortly and I've been wondering about how best to implement PC control. I will use a Windows based PC using an Intel i5 riding on the mount. My plan was to then remo

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Hello All, I have two AP refractors (130GTX and Stowaway). I am also on the April 2019 list for the Mach2 GTO and on waitlist for a TEC 180FL. I use either a SBIG ST8300M + FW or Proline FLI 16803 (he

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I'm wondering what other Mach2 users are experiencing with power usage with their mounts. Using a Powerwerx watt meter, I'm seeing about 1.05 amps at 13.8V while tracking, as much as 5.15 amps while s

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Hello, I had a Mach1 GTOCP4 for 1 year and I used it in my observatory. I happened to use the WIFI connection to do positioning with Skysafari, but I did not if at the same time I had the USB / Serie

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Hello group, My Mach2 was recently delivered, and I've been slowly learning the system in my suburban Milwaukee back yard. My previous mount purchase was in 1994 (a Losmandy G11) so I have much to lea

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Maybe this is possible already with APCC? For those of us without a permanent mounting or observatory, we setup and break down our mount (hoping a mach 2 before too long) each time out under dark skie

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With a bright moon and clear skies, I spent the July 1-2 evening drift aligning at a remote Wisconsin state park site to accurately configure the RAPAS with the Mach2. This was the first time I had th

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I know many had suggested that the 1100gto to be the best candidate for the TEC 180FL refractor. However, I have checked AP’s website spec sheet for Mach2GTO mount and it does look like the TEC 180FL

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I am about to receive my Mach2, which includes APCC Pro. So far I use a Mach1 with APPC Standard installed in the image computer, so what is the procedure to upgrade to the Pro version, can it be inst

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Hi, I have a brand new Mach2 +APCC and I am struggling with meridian limits. I am really confused about the options in AE tab (RA limits), and the Meridian TAB. .they all need to be configured? -how t

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Hi, Here is a little feedback on the use of my Mach2. The modeling goes pretty well with SGP / Platesolve2. After photoshoots with the AP130GT, I switched to the C11HD with still use without autoguidi

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Hi All, I have myself back into the unguided imaging grove with the Mach2. Unless I mis-configure my Sequence Generator Pro/PlateSolve2 profile again. ;-) I couldn't be happier with the Mach2 and the

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Doubt about APCC Pro included with the Mach2 I recently received my Mach2 (Yey! :D). However, in the USB drive that comes with it there are only the manuals, the ASCOM driver and a couple of minor pro

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