Hello all, Absent the keypad, I've been using SkySafari6 and my iPhone as a hand controller, via WiFi, to nudge the field of view when centering objects for photography. I do this by first initializin

Soon I will need to make some minor changes to my equipment (basically remove the guide scope and replace it with the Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Advance). Obviously I will need to rebalance the mount and

Hello Everyone, Anyone using the 6" Eagle adjustable folding pier? What scope do you have? and whether you have a 4" or 8" extension? I'm expecting my Mach2GTO to arrive soon next month. and I need to

Ok, you guys asked for it, here it is. Rolando hanging on for dear life with all 10 toenails dug into a longboard with Diamond Head in the background. Rolando -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics

Howdy Astronuts, We have had an unprecedented series of clear nights here due to a high pressure system that has stalled over the Midwest. Allowed me to do extensive testing of mounts and scopes this

Hello everyone, I was watching Tony's (aka Harley Davidson) latest and much useful videos about his new Mach2 (lucky guy, mine is scheduled for delivery in January) and one of them (ref. https://www.y

I currently use a C11" EdgeHD with an 80mm Stellarvue APO triplet piggybacked onto it in my observatory. The C11 sits on an AP1100 mount which is on an adjustable Pier Tech steel pier sitting on a cem

Everything is working very well with my new Mach2GTO and APCC Pro except for the 3D View feature. When I click on the 3D View button I get a pop-up that states, "Load Library failed with error 1114. A

Hello, Just curious if there has been any traction in getting new solvers added to APPM? Thanks, Bill

Hello AP Folks, My last post was mentioning adding a refractor to my AP 1100 to go along with my 14 in Meade LX850 67 lb SCT. After adding up all the additional weights of the refractor and side by si

Hello, Maybe this isn't an AP question but hoping someone here would know... My CP4 connects to my laptop via a usb-serial adapter and shows up as COM Port 5. Is there a way to change the COM Port num

I now have my Mach2 humming along pretty well. I have set up APPC Pro with horizons and meridians and a pointing and tracking model. Where I am stuck is with meridian behavior. I know that my mount ca

I had a guy on my YouTube channel, Tim Morrill request a video of how the motors sound on the Mach2. He was still waiting for his to be delivered. I set it up in my garage to reduce all the sounds I g

I have read the prior threads and believe I understand the state of affairs with APPM and ASTAP (i.e., still in the exploratory stages). I expect a Mach2 in my hands this month and the plate solving a

Hi AP, For use without guiding my current model on the Mach2 brings a small drift without consequence on the poses of 3 to 4 'but which for sessions of 4 to 5 hours of exposures causes a gap between t

john vogt Dec 1 #82643 After watching Tony's (Harley Davidson) videos of how he transports his mounts (Thanks Tony!) I purchased from Home Depot the Ridgid Mobile Gear Cart($60), 2-22" Tool Boxes($40e

Hi, thought I’d check in on the availability for people who have one on order. Are the keypads in between production runs and/or are they still backlogged. Just trying to manage my expectations on whe

It's a bit serendipitous that you've brought up this topic! Just yesterday, the PHD2 developers released a development preview build of PHD2 2.6.9 that has multi-star guiding implemented. It has been

Big fan of the Lodestar x2 and the Ultrastar. Bigger chip, those IMX455 cameras are really popular, and you can still find some 16200 and 16803 cameras, although those are phased out and becoming incr

Thanks for sharing this. I’ve been looking at this solution for guiding: https://staraid.ai Does anyone have any experience with this? Would be interested in where you end up in terms of an upgraded c