Trying to determine if AP sells a replacement for the large bolt on the side of the fork that seems to lock the axis after alignment. Perhaps a captains wheel or something? See photo:

Here is another deep sky image taken at our remote observatory in Chile by our Howard Hedlund and Dave Jurasevich duo: https://astrob.in/xkso06/0/ Rolando -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics

Ray, I got the error in the subject line when I started up APCC and autoconnected at my remote observatory this afternoon. Have not seen that one before. Everything seems to have come up OK, but I rea

I am currently designing an observatory and will have limited space inside to store my telescopes. My architect prefers to design vertical storage to occupy less room, but my instincts were to think t

Hi Astronuts, A little bit of misinformation has crept in again on Cloudy nights about our Quad TCC. This was stated today by a well-meaning person:"The AP Quad TCC will not produce round stars at the

Amazing work Team! Should find a worthy Professional Print Shop and take orders from the Astro-nuts. 🤣🤣🤣 😎 Pete

Hi Luke in my opinion APCC has tremendous value for any AP mount. It's definitely worth inserting into your software chain, even if you use it sparingly now. There are too many features to list, but a

Sorry for the silly question, I will soon be taking delivery of a new AP1600 and wish to prepare for its arrival. I am using an AP1200 atm with NINA and the AP ascom platform. This works well for me.

I'm a sucker for the really small ones sprinkled around. Rolando

I am looking for assistance from anyone with experience mounting a RASA 11. I have a RASA 11 on order and will mount it on my AP 1200GTO. I am looking at the DOVELM162 saddle plate from AP and believe

hello Astronuts, Image taken by Howard Hedlund and processed by Dave Jurasevich. Taken at our Las Campanas Chile observatory with the AP 305F8 Mak-Cass astrograph. https://astrob.in/8uk2u3/0/ Rolando

Beautiful pic! Love the title! 😎 Pete

Crescent Moon setting on the western horizon in Hawaii. It's called the Canoe Moon by locals since it resembles a voyaging canoe when it touches the waters of the Pacific. Taken with my 92 Stowaway wh

Back in the day I would wax my surfboard. I nearly drowned once so I gave it up. I used to wax my skies, but I gave that up since I am far from a performance skier. I am too old to wax off any body ha

Hello. I have a question on the Mach2 internal cabling, probably more-so directed at the folks as AP. The specs state a USB 3.0 and DC power cable that are pre-installed. My question is: Is there any

Hi all, I trust you are all doing well. I am willing to upgrade my AP 1100 GTO with Absolute Encoders. Does anybody know about availability for Europe / Switzerland ? AP's website mentions "spring 202

I have a 1600 GTO on order and I am looking for the counterweight bar and toe protector thread size and dimensions. The reason I am looking for this as I plan on modifying my Schaefer AT-9 with a 1.87

Hello all On a whim yesterday I placed an order for a Mach1 CP3 being sold in the UK. I was looking for a new mount to replace my iOptron CEM40, I'm very excited to step in to the world of precision m

Hi fellow Astronuts, Tonight I am celebrating the completion of the 1000th 130 lens in the GT/GTX series. So, I wonder who will get this scope? Rolando Champagne perhaps? -- Roland Christen Astro-Phys

I'll apologize in advance for my ignorance. Hoping someone has had experience with APPM in a Dome with the telescope mount offset by several feet from the center. In my case it is a 15 foot Pro Dome a