NGC 1365 is my favorite DSO. Here's hoping for a go at it with the Voyageur. It would go far in determining whether I will (try to) get one. Kevin

Amen sister Karen Christen 7:58am #89396 Hey Astro-Nuts, A side note on group etiquette: I’m going to ask that we don’t bash other companies’ products or other astronomers’ choices. If someone asks fo

Are you committed to the finders? As an imager, I dropped my finders some time ago. You might be able to drop a few pounds if it's close.

Jeff: Good point on the internet gateway. I have a travel router and have to set it up. I use a mini pc headless, so I don't need red film. My large box you se there on the floor is almost the exact d

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I am situated here an hour north of San Francisco and in lovely (not) Bortle 6 skies and have decided to take a 30 minute drive to Bortle 3 skies. I have taken telescopes on road trips before, but nev

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Also, is your scope using a telecompressor? I use a max stars of 1000 and a field radius of 5 (deg)

What camera are you using?

Many features are really nice, but optional. Setting a custom horizon and meridian limits is nice, but not absolutely necessary to get going. Roland basically confirmed my workflow, with the following

Aww, that's too bad. I was looking forward to meeting the A-P family. I understand the position you are in and respect your decision. Don't work too hard! Kevin

Great. I'll just leave it be then. Honestly, the Mach2 is so easy to use, it would be the perfect first mount.

I whacked my head on my telescope the other just before bringing it inside. No damage to scope or head I think, however the Mach2 moved in the dec axis a bit from its park position so that now the lin

I do it all. I have a (very) cheap mini PC computer at the mount (Mach2). I remote in with my mac to start my sequences and watch a few subs come in. Then, in the morning, I remote in with my Linux ma

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Using the Mach2 and a 130 EDFS, I have done some EAA with my ASI294MM Pro. I polar align pretty well and use a 200+ point model so that I can do 5 minute images unguided. I still like to use live-stac

When I have the V2 ASCOM driver running along with APCC, my MACH2 parks to what is specified in the ASCOM driver, so you may want to check there too.

I keep my CP5 powered separately from my other gear. With the Mach2 it is obvious that it is intended to be powered separately, but even with other mounts Roland suggests a separate power source. I ke

And now for something completely different... My acquisition computer didn't like the over 90% humidity we've had lately and we have some partly cloudy skies on top of the nearly full moon, so I decid

Maybe you live in MINUS 81.49 degrees longitude?

A-P appears to be out. I have a DOVELM162 for trade if that is amenable. I've had ads on AM and CN for a little while with no luck.

Not exactly. This was before I balanced the Stowaway taking off the 18# weight and moving the 10# all the way up.

Thanks Dale, I am super excited to finally be able to use this. Kevin