I am having an issue visual observing with my new scope. I am totally inept at such a simple thing;visual observing. I am so used to imaging I am lost in space on how to replace platesolving. Here is

Hi all, First of all is there a good kick-off manual for APPM & modeling? I am sure I am missing the reading here... I have APCC Pro all set with the new AP1100GTO CP4, and I can connect main camera w

Hi Marj, I signed up for the Astro-Physics newsletter in order to be notified when the AP110 GTX. I have not received any AP newsletters since I signed up at the AP website. Is the newsletter being se

Well I’m more than curious about the experience of upgrading your observatory computer over to Windows 11 from Windows 10. I have a OnLogic NUC installed in the observatory which has been doing a grea

Making’ sure this is normal?…..🥺

Is 1.9.6.3 the newest version now? Hot off the press?

Hi Astronuts As a followup the 1.9.6 release, we've noticed the following: In some applications, mount Park/Unpark may throw an error message. It appears the park/unpark still works correctly, but the

Thank you Brian and Wade for putting these videos together! I think the videos are great explainers of the two systems and how they can work well together. Wade brought up a few things in the second v

I thought you might be interested in learning about the opportunity to purchase a home in the beautiful warm and sunny Chiefland Astronomy Village in Florida. If interested, you can find lots more inf

Quick question What would be the best, safest way of connecting the MG box To the system? In Laymans terms, I don’t see a phone, jack anywhere😊 I foresee a trip to Best Buy, I just wanna make sure I g

Is there a way to do this? Im reading the 4.19 manual and Im about a third of the way through but have not found this section. Im thinking just bring the CP3 and Hand set inside with the wires and pow

As Marj had announced during the day, there are new versions of APCC and ASCOM driver. I just saw it when I started the night session, what would be the changes and new features? And thanks to AP and

With Mars receding, its phase reduced to 97% and its apparent diameter rapidly shrinking, on the night of 2nd/3rd Jan 2023, I spent approximately 4 hours imaging Mars while Syrtis Major was rotating f

Hi everyone, I got my AP1100GTO on Christmas Eve and.............I've been looking at it in a bit of awe. Owning one of these mounts has been a dream of mine for a long time, and now it is right there

Hello all, Wishing everyone happiness and good health in the new year. I have questions regarding the installation of encoders on the 1100 mount. On the A.P website if you look at the mounts page and

Hi all, Just start playing with the APCC pro that came with our new AP1100GTO CP4. I upgraded ASCOM v2 driver to v5.50.03 and installed the latest APCC Pro1.9.4.3. During istallation there is no pop-u

I’m that guy who has a 10 micron gm2000 and went for an AP 1100AE for his second mount. been reading, studying, going through posts with trials and tribulations of other broders. APCC seems like a ver

All is in the title ! Yet another Hearth Nebula picture ! I share here the hearth of hearth, but the entire nebula fits the frame. The full ( 25% version) is here: https://www.astrobin.com/full/btzf0t

I've been occasionally getting motor stall and/or servo fault errors on my 1100AEL. They often seem to appear after the mount has slewed to an object and is tracking. I just noticed this in the ASCOM

Hi Everyone, First off, I hope you all had a Wonderfull Christmas and New Years. Secondly, I need some help with my Dec Arc modelling. I've been using and building Dec Arc modelling for a little while