I suppose that today could technically be called late Winter or Spring. Is there any update on when there may be some Renishaw encoders available for those on the waiting list to purchase them ? The A

Hi, I'm seeing this happen more and more frequently (several times last night, for example): everything seems to be working, and then all of the applications that connect to the mount (NINA, PHD2, Car

Hi Has any used the 3 point polar align routine in NINA’s latest Beta version. I am unable to get the mount to slew from within the NINA”s automatic mode PA routine. I constantly get the error message

I uploaded with the latest version of APCC (v1.9.4.3) and every time I enter/exit software I'm getting an amber pop-up about Park 1 Position not being recognized. There is a check box to have the mess

Hello. Please excuse my ignorance on this, but how do people create pointing and tracking models with their AP mounts w CP3 or CP4 controllers, especially for field setups? I have heard that one does

Does anyone know of a Guide Scope with Crayford style focuser or something similar that will take an Optec FT Focus Motor and still work with the AP Quick Release Guider Bracket Kit (S1060QRGB)? I am

I am looking at trying to build a pointing model, but before I go to the trouble, I am curious to know if a pointing model will work with portable mounts ? I set up and take down my mount every imagin

Hi all, I made a video of images taken with my AP900 mount. I hope you enjoy! Thank you Astro-Physics! - Nick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDfb_gxJP00

I have looked far and wide in this forum. There is a lot of discussions about the Pegasus power boxes, but is there no recommendation for a battery for a Mach2GTO in the field under far away dark skie

Hi all. I normally store my AP1200 under a portable Gazebo, which is then covered by a Tarp . This is semi permanently setup in my front yard. The mount has counterweights left on the shaft but the sc

Finally got some nights to get data and work out some snags on my E160ED and QHY600 combo. The Mach 2 delivered nicely as did APCC Pro for unguided imaging. The subs were only 60 seconds, but it was a

https://www.astrobin.com/9rbsjt/0/ This is a preliminary shot, color will be added later when I get a chance. Skies remained dark and clear here in Hawaii and even with the Moon at first quarter the s

Quick question. I get this error message every time that I try to start APPM using NINA - see attached screenshot. I saved the file several times over the old one and also tried to delete the old one

There is no way the scope will cause this problem, so it would do no good to send it in. You can send the field flattener and we can check it out, but I doubt very much that it can cause what you are

Hi Astro Buddies, I'm needing a portable tripod for Mach1 for occasional venture beyond home observatory. My main priority is ease of setup / leveling - No visual - AP use only. I probably won't use i

I can get an iPad and a PC to both be simultaneously connected via WiFi DHCP to the GTOCP4. They can have IP addresses that differ by 1 in the last digit so are on the same network. But they can't tal

Hello amazing Astronuts, We’ve just learned that some of the notifications we’ve sent to folks who signed up on the Mach2GTO notification list are landing in their Spam folder. We do not have contact

My name came up! I'm in Vermont, and it is very cold here. I'll image down to -20f, but it's pretty rare. (Clear Skies are rare in the first place). How cold are the standard encoders good for? I know

Everything has been running great with my AP1100, APCC Pro v1.9.4.3, AP 5.5.03, ASCOM Platform 6.6 Windows 10 Pro setup. Today, it did an update to 2022-2 Cumulative Update 21H2 from 2022-1. It did th

Updated PEMPro software last night then had attached problem running polar alignment wizard. At 9:37, it takes the fit image, then stops with the memory error message. There is no memory error on diag