Hey Nick, The Mach1 does break down into two smaller parts. If you are finding the weight to be too much you might consider splitting it and mounting the RA base on the tripod first and then adding th

Thanks Konstantin - will give that a try!

Hi. It looks like I need to reload the image in my Mach-1 keypad - I'm getting the "Object Below Horizon" error message, but only for non-stellar / non-solar system objects. I did a search but could o

Well I'll be the contrarian :) No one knows these mounts better than Roland. Empowering him with tools like PHD2 log viewer so he can see the issues people are reporting seems like it can only help th

Hey Ray, Roland asked for screenshots, which imho, is an inefficient way to share data. As a lot of people post their actual PHD2 logs whenever they are having problems, having access to the PHD2 log

Here's the same screen grab as an attachment (rather than an image) Roland - might be time to download the PHD2 log viewer - simple to use and will let you see all of the guiding data: https://openphd

Here's a section of the graph showing some of the large excursions in RA and DEC.

For my TEC 140 + imaging train (a pretty long imaging setup), I had to add the 8" extension to prevent the camera colliding with the pier legs, so whether you need the extension really depends on your

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>IF the box DOES need to be checked - are there any OTHER settings that I need in the AP ASCOM driver? I can second Brian's advice: The "Reverse DEC output after meridian flip" option should NOT be ch

If you're on Windows 10 Pro then remote desktop works well. I recently switched to it from TV for my local obs.

Welcome Brian - always appreciated your input over on the PHD2 forum :). I recently added an AP 1100 (non-encoders) to my collection and have been very happy with the results. Really looking forward t