Hey Chris, If you might be interested in a real FrankenScope, how about a Celestron heavy duty tripod with that AP mount and Meade OTA? Came with my CGE Pro which sits here boxed up and nonfunctional

Funny side story here if you all don’t mind. I took a look at the screen shot Worsel posted and saw his coordinates and immediately thought, heck he’s not too far from my observatory. I’m near Lat 38

Hey Linwood, I’ve had my AP100 non AE since March of 2020, before the SHTF! I have never been sorry for the purchase, can’t believe how wonderful a “premium” mount really is. I got lucky and there was

You’ve been given some good points to consider already. But don’t forget about your wall/pier heights ratio. You don’t want your pier to be to short or you’ll lose those sometimes low objects you migh

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What the hell are you doing bringing common sense to the party! The perfect, simple, cost effective solution to the problem! Brilliant! Steve 8>)

Thanks for the suggestion Pete. Just checked my SkySafari 2.6.8.02 I think, not icon with an arrow coming out of a box on mine, looked thru everything Evidently my version doesn’t have this feature St

Thanks Roland, Was able to relocate mine online, that works, but the Android phone app sure was nice. Steve

Hey Rolando, I know this is a bit off topic for AP stuff and this thread, but since it’s part of your original post and you brought it up! 8>) I used Clear Sky Clock for several years, until it failed

Ya can’t go wrong here boys! I’ve had mine since last March and have loved every experience with it. Permanently set up in my observatory and ready to go at a moment’s notice Works every time like a d

Excellent in many ways! I took the same image night before last, but didn’t get your detail. Went back and looked at mine and the focus just wasn’t spot on, so…. I believe we are experiencing the damn

I’m currently using Meade’s LX850 ACF OTA and like it a lot. I don’t seem to suffer from mirror flop as the built-in crayford focuser works smooth as glass, then I fine tune the focus with my Moonlite

Hey again Mike, Wow! that is a gap between your mount and pier. Sorry about that. My permanent pier in my observatory was originally built for an RCX400 several years ago. I got lucky and snagged a "f

Hey Mike, The pointing accuracy probably isn't a real big deal, as you say, but improved tracking MIGHT be an advantage. IF it would improve the tracking so it doesn't "creep" over time and it could m

So far I've not seen any compelling evidence that "I need it either" Mojo. Thanks for your comments. Steve

Hey Michael, I did use the internal tooth lock washers on my pier extension, just in case. The steel plate is nice and flat with no wobble in the flat plate adapter or telescope base sitting on it. I'

Sorry for such a long delay in replying, for some reason I can't send emails to the group anymore and most of the time iogroups tells me I don't have any groups to check or respond to; wierd! Thanks P

Hey Guys, Recently purchased a AP1100 mount and am quite happy with everything so far. Curious about the advantage of upgrading to the Pro version of the APCC software. Been busy modifying my pier so

Hey Brian, That all sounds good. I’ve been starting APCC and using it for all the setting, parking, unparking, etc. and then starting CDC for object selection and slewing to, so far. I haven’t gotten

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Hey Rolando, That sounds like exactly what I think the problem is. I have not even attempted to do a polar alignment on the mount yet. Just got everything all up and running and was just trying to pla

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Hey Konstantin, No, I don't have a handpad, keyboard only.

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