Hello, Would someone mind giving me some direction on the process you go through if you use Sky Safari on a mobile device? I can not get the app to work correctly when using go-to (the telescope goes

I have a pretty big model in APPM and I am semi-permanently mounted. I have the Mach2 on a Losmandy HD tripod on concrete blocks. My dirt/lawn is largely clay, so even though I am well polar aligned,

Hi all! My Mach2 is finally portable! I bought a Pelican 1560 case and adapted it to securely hold the Mach2 during transport. See: <http://www.kor-astro.net/misc/mach2_pelican.jpg> <http://www.kor-as

Hello folks, There's an old 400 QMD near me for sale that was probably acquired at an estate sale or whatever and the seller doesn't know much about it. It seems to include literally the mount head on

I could use some help and guidance to better understand Back Focus. The first question relates to the impact Filters have on Back Focus. For several years I have been trying to get a definitive answer

Hi, How to enter the time in the "Astro-Physics Right Angle Polar Alignment Scope (RAPAS) - v1.0.0.6) software? (Refer to windows 10 version on PC) I want to get the visual appearance of the crosshair

Hi A recent Windows 10 update wrecked the date/time settings of my imaging PC. I discovered that after hours of investigation. My Mach1 stopped tracking for no obvious reason in the middle of the nigh

Hi For the first time, i try to do a phd2 routine for my old ap 900 gto (with an asi224 and taka 102FS ota), is the result normal or not, orthogonality graph seems to be non orthogonal, it is strange

I had an unusual situation appear last night while imaging unattended with the Mach2. At 4:20am, SGP issued a slew command to a new target and the mount started slewing. However, when I got up and che

The following photos have been uploaded to the Photos of Forum Members in their A-P Logo Hats album of the main@ap-gto.groups.io group. CHARLIE DSCN2806 5 1000x800.jpg By: Harley Davidson <astrocnc@..

Hi all , I set up my Mach 1 last night for the first time since August last year , connection was fine but when I tithe N S E W buttons nothing happens. The mount was unpacked. Slewing to a target was

I am trying to mount my AP1100 GTO AE to a permanent non-AP pier for the first time. The bubble level is a bit off-center (see attached image). Is this a concern? Should I put shims under the 119FSA t

Ray, any chance we could add the ECCO 2 as environmental sensor for modeling? The MgBoxV2 I have is unreliable. wayne

Good evening all. I have been lurking in the background for a few weeks trying to learn about the AP gtos because our astronomical society recently was given on loan an AP1200GTO. We have a Losmandy G

Thoughts about a C14 Edge on a Mach-1 for just visual poking around, NO imaging? Same for a 160EDF, for just visual puttering? Thanks Mike J. Shade Mike J. Shade Photography: mshadephotography.com In

Hi I have been guiding pretty well although at times, it seems to be erratic. I always though that this was seeing. A recent thread mentioned guiding rates should be 1x in software and the hand contro

With an equipment change, I might need to re-balance my AP1200. I've done this before, and am familiar with the procedure to balance in the Park 4 (or Park 1) position, then start up, slew to a star,

Hello AstroNuts, We get this question many times, "will the Mach2 support my scope, camera etc." I can't really answer specific setups since I don't have infinite variety of scopes at my disposal. How

Hi Roland, can you please tell me wich Firmware and software for the HP is the actual in the moment. I would like to use the new HP version with the modeling. But as I think it is still not ready. Grü

A new chat has been created: New I recently received an 1100GTO with AE, and I am a new user. I’m trying to figure out the best way to configure it for remote imaging, and would appreciate your help.