Was able to get out under the stars last night in the San Diego County Desert. 100 degree days but the temperature slowly got down to a comfortable 65 F or so just before dawn. This time of year you h

Hello, I experienced a strange problem during the last session with Mach-1 and Voyager. After meridian flip and settle time of 15 seconds, a plate solve was done and it was successful. As part of prec

Hi everyone, Does anyone know if APCC can drive both the guide chip and the main chip of an SBIG ST10 dual chip camera? Seems difficult to share one serial-USB link. For example with NINA I can connec

I doubt that anything mechanical is frozen. You may simply have a bad connection to the Dec motor. Check that your cables are firmly plugged in.

No idea what this means, nor what to do based on this message?

Hello all, Much to my dismay, after getting up at 4:00 AM to view Jupiter I found the Dec gear was frozen. When using the keypad the scope moved just fine in RA but would not budge N-S. I loosened all

Hi folks I have a few questions about power supply via the Mach2 I am thinking of getting a Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powebox (UPBv2), but wanting to attach it via my Mach2's internal cabling as opposed

We have finally had some clear skies downunder to use my new AP1600 delivered a few months ago. I have noticed some slews are very noisy, particularly in the RA, but also Dec gearboxes. Noise is high

I was reading Bob Denny's (PinPoint Developer) thread: "Downloading and Using PinPoint Reference Catalogs (Updated April 2021) - https://forums.dc3.com/showthread.php?4694-Downloading-and-Using-PinPoi

I'm installing APCC on a new Intel NUC and having some issues that I didnt have with my prior laptop install. I've been following the document and dont think I've missed anything. I installed in this

Hi Astronuts, Having recently purchased a ZWO CMOS camera and putting it thru its paces, I am impressed with how much easier it is to take great images. Download times are very fast, resolution is unr

Hello all, I have recently acquired an AP1200GTOCP3 with GTO1 Keypad, but I would like to update the software version from v4.15 to v4.19.3 (as recommended). However I'm unable to download the file fr

I haven't asked for a while, so I was wondering if there are any status updates on the availability of Renishaw encoders for mount upgrades. Mike

I plan on creating a new model with appm. If I already have a model in apcc, shoulld I disable the pointing and tracking model before creating a new model. Thanks,''

I have been imaging with a Stellarvue 80mm APO triplet piggybacked on a C11" EdgeHD on my AP1100 for the past 4 years in my observatory with no issues. Both scopes produce nice long exposure images wi

I learned something last night, at least I think I learned something, and wonder if someone could straighten me out if I misunderstand. This is about an AP1100AE. Short version - I have my RA limits s

Is there a way that when you run a model, that if you points that failed that you can just rerun those points to complete the model. I had several points in a 200 pt model that for some reason failed

Lovely Ring Roland! Happy Dad’s Day to You and all AP User Group Dads out there. 😎 Pete

I have been using a single computer with APCC Pro to control my two Astro-Physics mounts (not at the same time). This has worked fine for a long time, but now I am getting an error that I haven't been

Light and sound pollution has accelerated this century. At some point most people will not know that there are stars in the skyRolando https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/light-noise-