That is nice sensitivity with the big Cassegrain. Never have seen a satellite look like that. Another great target for the big 17" Cass would be Andromeda's Parachute - gravitationally lensed quasar.

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This is just my opinion based on my experience. If a laptop is really the form factor you want to use, possibly for image acquisition and image processing, I suggest going with Lenovo. Here is one com

Apologies if this has been asked and answered in the past. Ray, Would it be possible to consider an APCC feature to use the time reading from whatever GPS is connected and sync whatever system one is

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Sorry this thread is getting long. I use an AG optical idk10. 1.7m focal length, .25m aperture. Using ASI1600 camera at this point in time. -Steve

Ray, Can APCC receive temp & humidity readings from Pegasus power/usb box? Wondering what devices can feed APCC environmental readings. Mbox, THUM, others? thanks, -Steve

Hi again Marcelo, Let me ask you and Ray, is it required to have current weather conditions always while running APPM for tracking corrections of the AE to function well on the mach2? If so, that is a

Hi Ray, Thanks or responding. I am using ASCOM 6.4 SP1-6.4.1.2695. There were a couple suggestions already given that may help with SGP. I don't have a local environmental monitor. How important is th

Thank you for responding Marcelo. Yes, your flow sounds very similar to what I have tried with APCC with the Mach2. I have not used it in the past. In addition, I want to use CdC for planetarium ultim

Hi Brian, Thanks for responding the for the suggestions. I have not used user profiles in the past, so that may be the SGP issue. I will set one up. I do have the coordinates stored in the AP v2 ASCOM

This is meant for Ray Gralak. With the new mach2 being controlled by SGP version 3.2.0.613 and APCC/APPM latest version I have had two opportunities to test. It may well be I am doing something incorr

Hello Sebastien, All good points. That 5% loss in the boost converter would most likely turn into heat. In any case, if there are no benefits for normal tracking and guiding for imaging at 24V, there

Thank you for the advice, It will be cleaner to power direct from 12V battery, when imaging where AC is not available. Steve

Hello, Preparing for a mach2 in the future, would anybody care to recommend (AP staff included) a good quality DC2DC boost converter for 12V to 24V? Reading the specs, it seems the mount may like to o

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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