Well, I think I am one of the owners who on a couple of occasions improperly tried to balance in one of the forbidden park positions. Not done intentionally but rather in my haste to get the balancing

Great example as to when progress stops becoming progress and is destructive..... just disgusting.

The ADM DV Series Dovetail Adapter is ideal for mounting the PoleMaster. I've used it for almost 2 years on my Mach 1 and it works just fine. I had a RAPAS at one time but sold it or I would run the t

Understood but I contacted George via email and he is trying to help and requested the 5 min exposure you looked at. Probably better to call next time as things through email can sometimes move an iss

Thank you for the in-depth and clear explanation of things to be aware of and check. I did the 5 min at George's request. I think the intent was just to verify the drifting and to note if it was in RA

Thanks for the advice, Ray No- my usual areas; not too low; I usually stay at 30 degrees and higher above horizon. However, I have not studied the drift problem in multiple areas recently. I can easil

No - I do not realize many things about astronomy which is why I am asking. Hoping to get a response without an attitude. I enabled PEM using the AP ASCOM driver through ScarpCap, not Skysafri. If tha

Tracking is sidereal. I checked it.

Ran more captures tonight to observe trailing stars. I checked PA once again and rebalanced scope and checked all connections and cables. The drift is in RA and it made no difference as to whether I h

Over the past 2 nights I am getting very bad trailing stars. I've checked all of the usual possible problems: balance, cables, and PA all seem fine. Clutches are tight and all connections tight. I tri

well- looks like something with the CP4; I just tried my iPhone and another IPAD and neither are showing the network as an option. In addition, it appears and disappears on my iPAD and when it appears

I turned on SkySafari on my iPAD to connect to my mount as always. It connected then disconnected, then asked for my password and now is not even showing up as a network option on my iPAD. Any suggest

Hi Roland In general, given similar conditions, wow do these results compare to the current Mach 1? Bruce

ok- this is how I have done it in the past but was questioning myself as I noticed in Park 4 the OTA was not balanced. Thanks much for the quick response

I have a couple of quick questions: 1- If I am initializing from Park4, should I balance the Dec axis (scope horizontally) from that position? I ask because I realized the OTA does not horizontally ba

Does the AP Mach 1 track its position digitally? Asking because this is a requirement to use autofocus in AstroArt7.

I recently put my C11' on a mount about 11 or so feet above the ground. So, using a finder scope to center an object after slewing from parked position 4 is no longer practical. If the object is not o

I want to use SGP to control my Mach 1 mount and was planning on using a USB connection. I downloaded the AP V2 Driver and the installed the FTDI driver on my windows 10 PC before plugging in the USB

What is (are) the advantage(s) of APCC + SGP vs. SGP alone? I've read about APCC standard but never purchased it when I bought the mount. I did not see a need at the time when I used a mobile setup.

Dear Lord....at least you can smile about it