Hello AP Folks, I currently run a Meade LX850 14 inch SCT ota on my 1100 GTO. It handles it beautifully for visual and photography.. I am looking to possibly add a Takahashi TSA 120 APO to the mix. My

Following Tony's (Harley Davidson) lead showing what he uses to store his mount accessories, here is what I came up with. For the RAPAS and CP3/4/5 and cables I use a Caseling hard case purchased from

I had some trouble processing this one. There are faint jets emanating from the galaxy and getting these to show up without blowing out the galaxy was tricky. Taken over the last new moon period. Imag

I ran my first successful model tonight of 30 points. Obviously I am going to want to try a much larger model, but I am wondering how long can I use it. I was thinking about a hundred or so. If I go f

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAkJfixIkEc I am using a Ridgid tool box to protect my Mach2 mount. tony

Today I installed the Renishaw AEs on my AP1100GTO. I am a newbie, what do I need to do to initialize them and turn them on? Shailesh

Hello, I am going to use APPM, and I have experience with tpoint. In Tpoint you can define a set of points close together to quickly start with the corrections and then continue on more distant points

Hello all, I am in the process of setting up a new 1100. I have tried to connect to the CP4 with APCC pro with no luck. This is with a direct Ethernet connection between computer and CP4. I have tried

Jim, on this forum asked me what I used to protect my RAPAS & CP's. Well I did two videos. tony Case used for protection of the Astro-Physics CP's and Cables https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unbuW1LChz

It is Robert :) tony

There is a problem with the latest ASCOM Platform - v. 6.5 that prevents correct plate solutions in APPM. We hope for a resolution to this problem soon. In the meantime, please use v.6.4 SP1. https://

Roland, What about larger chips in the future? I made the mistake of not ordering it when I received my 140 back in 2008 and have been looking out for one on Astromart for quite some time. Jeff On Nov

Hey everyone, longtime AP900 user and lurker, with a problem that just cropped up. I'm the original owner of a 900 mount for around 20 years now, and recently upgraded to the CP4 (with new motor cable

Dear All, Over the Summer I collected 19 hours of data on Pickering's Triangle using the AP1100GTO with a 10in Newt. Today my image was selected as image of the day on Astrobin! This Summer I built an

I’d like to second this request! From: <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of "Jeffrey Patrick via groups.io" <Jpvettenut@...> Reply-To: "main@ap-ug.groups.io" <main@ap-ug.groups.io> Date: Friday, Novemb

Re-sent under new subject line... Roland,

I have a 900GTO with CP3 that was unable to use the most recent driver update. Is this still true? Has this been fixed?

I wish a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 to the entire AP staff/family & all members from this group!!

Hi, I am trying one more time to stimulate a discussion on the topic. My previous thread didn't get a single comment so I suspect the manual is not that clear: I though it was my fault but it seems th

we received a number of motor stall events on our AP1600 Our sequence aborted when it wasn't able to slew. We parked the mount, restarted things, and they worked okay for the rest of the night is ther