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One last image from my recent Hawaii trip - the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy. I was fortunate to have good seeing conditions for my Luminance exposures. Next night I tried to get RGB but the seeing deteriorate

Hello Astronuts, While visiting Hawaii in the spring of last year I had a few clear nights and did a galaxy tour in Leo. Here are some of the images. All were short exposures, snapshots if you will, a

Hi All! First post from a newbie, but I've been following these helpful posts for a few weeks. I had my first successful imaging session last night with my observatory based RC 16" / AP1600 non-encode

Nice snapshots Roland! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Pete

To all those interested in AP telescopes, take a look at Ed Ting's latest video on the most collectible telescopes (starting at minute 12:00 if you're in a hurry). Now I want more of a Stowaway :D htt

I have yet to program a successful auto meridian flip with SGP. Should APCC meridian be set to execute a flip? What should the telescope settings in SGP be? An ancillary problem is that if PHD2 guidin

I am redoing my dome geometry measurements after installing a new pier. Can someone confirm for me how to determine where the mount pivot point (MPP) is on the 1100GTO? I initially thought that this w

Reaching out here…. In an effort to not freeze my you-know-what off this winter, I added a Pegasus USB hub so I can attach everything and run one cable into my downstairs. While I love being outside w

Hi Astro Nuts, This is probably a setting issue but I have noticed the past few outings that my Cartes du Ciel planetarium program (version 4.2.1) loses its connection to the AP-V2 mount driver whenev

We finally got a clear night and I was finally able to create a pointing model and attempt my first imaging run last night with my 1100GTO-AEL. I created about a 200 point model and setup PHD2 followi

I've been waiting for the upcoming suggestions for enhancements but as it has not yet appeared, I'm going to suggest something now, particularly when I notice some upgrades are being built (between AP

As mentioned in another topic, SkyTrack now has continuous-tracking capability with compatible ASCOM mounts, including the Mach2. Here’s ( https://youtu.be/B5VYiXyuEOA ) a YouTube video showing some i

November 18 was started off mostly cloudy, but the forecasts (TV meteorologists included) all pointed to clear skies for the eclipse. With that in mind, I got up at 1AM to start preparing for a go at

Ray: I narrowed down to 1-hour duration and 1-minute interval (there is no option for 1-sec intervals in the dropdown box). https://youtu.be/QhnU1o9lDM8 I also tried this setting: meaning one-second i

Hi all, Our backyard observatory's current configuration is a TMB-152 on an AP1200GTO, with a light (Borg 90FL) piggybacked. Please see attachment as an illustration. The TMB rides on the mount via ri

Geert, thanks. Yeah, I used those recommended settings. I captured the sequence in this brief clip (in 1080p quality, it should show a clear image of the sequence and settings): https://youtu.be/8y3Bs

New Mach2 owner here. I have read that it is typically advisable to balance one's mount slightly east heavy (counterweight shaft side) so that the gears are always engaged as they track. Is this also

Hi It’s been long enough, maybe a month, I don’t see any nightly builds. Has everyone moved to NINA 2.0 Beta? Is it ready for AP mounts? Cheers

Ray, thanks. I tried selecting on 2,3,4,7, and 9. But I keep getting the same result: The sequence ending in error is shown here: https://youtu.be/8ewIGj9ImkE I can for sure try other options based on