It's not that simple. The purpose of the MnMo setting is to allow PHD2 to ignore guide star position errors that are smaller than the scintillation from seeing. Since seeing varies from night to night

I like to use this one: Take a dime and hold it out arm's length, noticing its diameter. Now imagine pushing the dime 2.5 miles away. The diameter of the dime at that distance is one arc second. -Wade

There are several ways to disable guiding. I posted the steps that I did because I want to be consistent with Roland's messaging. As for how MnMo works, it essentially ignores any positional error in

Hi Nicholas, I just took a look at the weather for the San Diego area, and it looks like the next 5 or 6 nights will be good for doing this test. Here is my suggestion: Set up with either of your refr

Yes, I am north of Ellensburg, right at the foothills of Table Mountain.

Are you at Rusty’s by chance? If so, say hi to Dennis and Dianne for me. Regarding the time zone issue, if your computer is 100% dedicated to the observatory, you might consider setting it up on UTC,

Neither the MGBox app, nor APCC, update the computer clock. I'm not sure what you mean by "they are both timed exactly". APCC does (by default) update the mount's time from the computer clock, so they

For what it's worth, I have two AP mounts, but only one imaging computer. I also have two different wireless networks, depending on whether I am running at home or in the field (different routers, wit

I run a C14 on my AP1100, which is close to 55 lb with accessories. I use 3 of the larger diameter weights and it’s just about perfect with the weights at the top of the shaft. The counterweights came

I think that I understand the user's scenario. They have initialized the mount from a device with accurate time. In my case, I sometimes initialize my mount from Luminos on my phone which has accurate

This would be interesting, as would the ability to set the computer time from a GPS connected to APCC. I think that the problem is that you need admin rights to set the computer time.

I use a simple, plastic tub. I wrap the declination part in a towel and lay it on the bottom of the tub. I set the RA section to zero degrees latitude. It also gets wrapped in a towel and laid on the

Olive oil is a super food. It’s really, really good for you. Mixing it with bacon grease for fried chicken would not be such a great idea. Olive oil breaks down at frying temperatures into compounds t

The interface between the worm and the wheel (which is what you are affecting when you balance) has a 24 hour period.? This is not something that you need to worry about with PEM. The key to knowing w

It sounds like at least one of the software packages connecting to the mount is running as administrator and at least one is not. That has the effect of connecting as two different users simultaneousl

I am pretty sure that I have a CP3 on the shelf that I am not using, left over from upgrading one of my mounts to CP4 a few years ago. I don't remember which mount this came from, but it's likely from

Thanks for bringing this up. I was going to ask about this. My ideal workflow with dec arc tracking and NINA would be to create a custom action that automatically invokes APPM to collect sample points

I apologize if I caused any confusion. To be clear, this specific model is not "keep paying or lose access".? It's "we need to be paid for our efforts, and we would prefer to make it recurring and not

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This is a difficult response for me to write. I've been eagerly waiting for some of the new features that are included in this release. But I'm incredibly disappointed with the change to the business

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On that subject, are you still planning on making the new gearboxes with the disengagement lever available for older AP1100 and AP1600 mounts? I'm currently doing declination balance for my scopes on