Looking for some quick help so as not to waste a clear, moonless night! I've been using my Mach2 with no issues for weeks. Suddenly, tonight when I slew to an object (using Stellarium), the mount send

Roland – very interesting, thank you for sharing this. A related question – with the proper mating elements, can FPL55 approximate performance of FPL53 and FCD100? I’ve heard conflicting information o

Hello Jim sent me two envelopes with catalogs. I opened the other one today and found two [2] more pages that should go with yesterdays upload. As such I am deleted the one from yesterday and the new

Hello Just got APPC Pro connected and to the best of my ability, configured. When I normally do my field setup (visually), I connect my mount, 'fake' a Park 4, enter my location code in the HC, and do

Hi all and happy new year... Just a quickie hopefully. I have the Pro version of APCC and recently went to use the Horizons feature in order to slew over to observe the JWST. The link within APCC take

Ray, given the problems I am having with APCC, I don't suppose that I can use my APPM model anyway. Larry

Hello, Apologize if this is redundant, but I can't seem to find the latest APCC Pro Beta Version. Can someone tell me where to find it. I did a search first but can't seem to find a specific post and

Last night at the end of the APCC Pro session (1.9.0.11) I was surprised with this error. The strange thing is that the mount, a Mach2, worked fine all night and the session frames look perfectly norm

Hello Ray, I wanted to note that for about the last three months or so I have been receiving the following error upon triggering the ASCOM driver within APCC. Run Time Error 91 Object variable or with

I am currently using APCC Pro 1.9.0.11 and would like to try the latest beta version (1.9.3.1a). Do I need to purchase/upgrade to the latest version of APCC Pro to test the beta version? I don't want

I generally use the Keypad/GTOCP5 goto capability or SkySafari/iPhone to find celestial targets. Questions: 1. If I use the Keypad/GTOCP5 and select the moon, will the Mach 2 automatically adjust to t

Last night I checked the periodic error on my AP900. It had increased to beyond spec. Pempro with 9 worm cycles gave a PE of 8.7 arc secs peak to peak. The previous time I checked PE several years ago

Hello guys I just uploaded a one page PDF titled "Jim Phillips Sales Order 09-20-1989". Now, this wasn't Jim's order but was in with the catalogs he sent me to scan. From a historic standpoint it was

Greetings from Switzerland, I am quite a new owner of an AP 1100 GTO and I need some help regarding the below error message that I am getting in APCCafter plate-solving (in APT tool) and then synchron

Hello all on this cold & snowy day [at least at my house :) ] I was notified by a forum member that a file I uploaded this morning (Jim Phillips 10-1981 S&T An Apo Triplet Objective) was copyrighted b

https://ap-ug.groups.io/g/main/files/Astro-Physics%20Brochures/Jim%20Phillips%2003-1988.pdf I have uploaded "Jim Phillips 03-1988" for the group. Since I am laid off for the winter I will have more ti

I cant seem to get WiFi enabled on my CP4. I connect via ethernet and web browser. I can see and change the ethernet IP from 169.254.x.x to an IP on my local network, so that part works. However, the

Hi everyone, I have a non-technical question. I have an AP1100, and and AP1600 mount. We know what these mounts are worth. My home owners policy only covers non-scheduled items up to $5000k, which is

Have a safe and Happy New Year guys. Charlie and little MOOSE are going to celebrate responsibly bringing in 2022 tonight :) I did a video showing the new Astro-Physics 1600GTO Counterweight Shaft Ada

First, I'm doing 4 minute unguided imaging with an Esprit 100 on my Mach 2 (with modeling turned on). And I don't know if it's a factor to take into account, but it's summer here and the nights are ho