Jeff, With the kind of weather we have in Belgium, I think the wisest thing to do is to stick to my Takahashi TOA-150 as the main telescope on the mount. I have two smaller refractors and a Mewlon 210

Thank you to all who answered my question and offered their opinion, much appreciated. Geert Van: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Namens carlburton2001 Verzonden: zaterdag 6 februari 202

Hello, A question: I have an AP1200GTO on a fixed concrete pillar in an observatory. Would this handle the following load: a 300 mm f/4 newton with a weight of approximately 20kg (including camera) an

Contact Astrophysics directly to give the Mach1 and keypad serial number, they will give you the info. Geert Vdbulcke Belgium. Van: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Namens steve711614 via

Great, thanks Stacey. Serial to serial is what I have, I’ll do the upgrade later this week then. Geert Van: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Namens Stacey Mills Verzonden: zaterdag 19 dec

Stacey, so you did not use a USB/serial connector but straight serial to serial ports? Geert Op vr 18 dec. 2020 23:26 schreef Stacey Mills <w4sm@...>:

Hello, Thanks to the info from Steve, as reported earlier, the CP4 and AP1200 worked fine again last night. I put the telescope manually in Park 4 position and in APCC standard started Unpark from Par

The problem went away after an unpark from Park 4 instead of from last position (via APCC). Geert Op di 4 aug. 2020 om 16:59 schreef uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via groups.io <chris1011=aol.com@gro

Hello, Since March 2020 I’m using a GTOCP4 on my AP1200 without issues. Last night however, after some hours of imaging, when I issued a GoTo from TheSky to another object, the mount did not respond a

I would prefer using the Moon to find the focal point, unless you want to set fire on a piece of paper :-) Geert Op zo 21 jun. 2020 om 18:42 schreef uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via groups.io <chris

Gert, I have replaced batterys in my keypad(s) with the instructions as given on the AP tech support page, no problem to do it yourself provided you have the correct battery type for your keypad. Read

Vincent, just use UT time, so you never have to adjust for summer and wintertime, just a little calculation in your mind,simple. Geert Vdbulcke Belgium Op do 28 mei 2020 om 19:02 schreef vincent.vison

Eduardo, just run the installer, the driver settings will be kept but it does no harm to check after installation. As for the settings of the computer for the notation of numbers, in Europe mainly ","

Read this: https://www.astro-physics.com/shipping-returns/ and then contact AP. Geert Op ma 25 mei 2020 om 20:59 schreef Donghun <malonee72@...>:

Dean, it is in the AP Driver that you have to click a box to use Sync as Recal. Then it will work from TheSky. Geert Vandenbulcke Op ma 25 mei 2020 om 19:40 schreef Mike Dodd <mike@...>:

You can't imagine in how many ways my name was already written, especially my surname ;-) Geert Op di 5 mei 2020 om 17:23 schreef Thomas Fischer <manusfisch@...>:

Hello, On 2 May 2020, over a period of 4 hours I took 120 images, each 60s exposure and 60s interval with a 150mm refractor at 1093mm focal length, unguided with my AP1200GTO mount, periodic error cor

People have too much time these days 😊 Geert Van: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Namens Dean Jacobsen Verzonden: zondag 12 april 2020 4:50 Aan: main@ap-gto.groups.io Onderwerp: Re: [ap-

That's better news ;-). Geert Op zo 29 dec. 2019 om 18:21 schreef uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via Groups.Io <chris1011@...>:

" It will need to be sent in for that, when the time comes.", oh dear - the customs hassle, cost and risk that this gives for overseas customers :-( Geert Op zo 29 dec. 2019 om 16:50 schreef uncarollo