Thank you for all you kind comments. No disrespect taken for Jim's postings. I love all ya'll. Stay safe and be well. Clear skies!! Steve Hoffman

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I understand what happened. I'm pointing out that while inadvertent, it still ends up hijacking the thread because subsequent readers see your embedded photo and a question about the eyepiece turret a

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Absolutely no disrespect intended. I responded to the image stating how beautiful it is and, because, I have read so much about Mach 2 mounts I decided to just send a picture of my Mach 1 and, unfortu

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I know it's unintentional but can we please show some respect for Steven and his superb image and open a new thread if you want to talk about somebody else's gear instead of his image? Stuart Heggie h

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Hi, Jim: Is that an eyepiece turret from the late great Van Slyke Engineering? Eric Baumgartner Redding, CT USA From: Astro-Physics GTO users group <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of thefamily90 Phi

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Superb shot Steven! Stuart

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Here’s my Mach 1 with AP 130 F/8.35 ready to go after double stars. I’ve had the Mach1 for many many years and it has never failed me. Jim Get Outlook for iOS

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looks fantastic "seymore stars" - lol

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Wow! Now you’re cookin’ with gas! Jim Get Outlook for iOS

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I really like the feature which allows moving the meridian, eliminating the need for a meridian flip. It worked out well last night. Full resolution -https://www.astrobin.com/full/kj0dtp/B/ Thank you

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Thanks for checking Brian. The firmware upgrade to .13 on the CP4 did the trick. Unfortunately it lost its Home and configuration information but a few minutes tonight should fix that. thanks for the

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Seemed to be okay with the 1600 showing the ae tab tonight

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The ELS tab will show up if the 3600 mount type is selected, so please try changing the mount type in APCC. Also, if your mount has a GTOCP4 controller, make sure the firmware is VCP4-P01-13 or later.

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i'll check that on our 1600AE tonight as well

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Interesting. I will hook my mount up tonight (1100AE) and see if I have the same experience with the new version.

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Help file says that the ELS tab is for the AP3600 only.

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Perhaps the tab was renamed?

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Hi all, After upgrading APCC to Ver 1.8.0.3 I find that the AE tab is no longer active and that the ELS tab is now there. I am connected to an AP1600AE Version 4 controller. The previous version loade

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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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