Hi, Our Mach2 arrived last December. We made a tripod adapter to put it on a TAK wood tripod, and a counterweight shaft adapter to use our existing counterweights. Now it’s ready to go. We are having

Seems since the last APCC Pro update, as a time reference only, the connection on the remote system at SRO on the AP3600 has become unstable often not making a connection or connecting to the IP addre

Due to trees, my Mach1 is currently between a fence and a wall and I dare not slew because of the risk of a wall crash. Not a problem because I can manually slew RA then Dec then RA to get to my targe

Gigantic Congratulations to the entire NASA team on another successful mission with the gentle landing of the Perseverance Rover on Mars! Karen & the Astro-Folks

He means Mach2s, folks. 😉 We’re not making Mach1s. Karen AP

Hello, I am not new to the hobby but my current OTA makes the set up phase not easy at all. the diameter is 270mm and weight around 19 kg, and I don't feel confident in loading the telescope by myself

So it's now -11F outside and still dropping. Mount's tracking well, no issues with anything mechanical or electronics. Mach 2 is running smooth as butter. Guider scale is 1.16 arc sec per pixel with m

Man, don’t get hypothermic or frostbite! Keep those fingers and toes warm. Good Luck!! JimP Get Outlook for iOS

I hope my fellow Californians will forgive the topic title—we've had too many fires lately. But this picture does remind me of a long streak of fire in the sky. I've always wanted to image this one. I

I'm going to give it a try with my Mach2 in sub-zero F temps. It's brilliantly clear (YAY!) but below zero (Wahh!). I hope my laptop doesn't freeze up on me. Wish me luck. Testing continues primarily

What is the recommended guide rate setting? My experience with premium mounts is that you reduce the guide rate. The other mount I am using recommends .20 or .25 and I've been pretty happy with that.

Following on from an earlier thread, does anyone have any info on the length of unguided imaging possible using a 1100GTO or similar with a focal length of up to about 700mm? Assuming the mount is ver

As per Roland a year ago answering one of my questions regarding APPM and camera rotation between sessions: Quoting Roland: (That is correct. The camera does not do anything as far as mount functions.

I posted this long ago when I was using a 1200 as a “portable” mount. Since then I have a 1600 mount in an observatory. But I recently received the very impressive Mach 2 which I intend to transport o

Hi All, A couple of new mono CMOS cameras have come out over the last few months. First a 4/3" sized camera using the back illuminated IMX492 and then most recently cameras using the back illuminated

This question is simply to satisfy my curiosity. To create the factory installed PEC curve I assume each mount must be tested and track a star like source moving at sidereal rate for several worm gear

I have a 1100 GTO mount without absolute encoders, and I have been wondering how good I can expect the guiding to be. The guiding graph below is pretty typical of what I get. Is this pretty typical, o

Although I have been using Windows / ASCOM. I am really keen to make a move to Mac/Linux. Software like CCDCiel and Ekos are maturing quickly and more importantly they are much less resource hungry an

I have been battling an issue with the Mach2 that is difficult for me to pinpoint. I am using the Mach2 with APCC Pro, I finish an imaging session by parking the mount to Park 3. When I start APCC at

Anyone in the Southern H. using the RAPAS? Can you use it effectively in light polluted skies? Thanks Bob