This isn't a problem but I'm curious about what is going on here. I do a polar alignment (1 arc min accuracy according to PHD2) then unpark from Park 3 as shown in the photo at left. I do a night's ob

Hello I have got a issue with my mach1 I have owned the mount for 3 weeks now and the mount seems to be grinding on something on the dec axis when there is just the dovetail clamp on it and when its l

Looking for a way to restart the mount I ventured onto Amazon and found this little USB relay device https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CN7E0RQ After poking around trying to figure out how to use it

Hi, I am happy to share my first picture with the mount. I hope it is not off topic, but please tell me. After years running an observatory I came back to a nomad set up and I have chosen the MACH2. T

One of the smaller UofH observatories I shepherd over here in Hawaii is using a 1200 and the existing CP3 has died. The budget for this particular research project is currently frozen so they can't si

Hi Group, I am using a 1600GTO. Just wondering if any of the latest software updates have included a Meridian Flip feature yet please (I haven't updated the firmware for about two years)? AP make elit

Hello, Hopefully I can provide some useful information. My first suggestion would be to contact George at Astro Physics. See what he says. I have an AP 1100 mount and am using it with a Stellarvue SV1

hello, it seems yo have a great purple dominante. Didier REDIGER-LIZLOV​ ________________________________ De : main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> de la part de Eric Dreher <ericpdreher@...>

Hi I do have the option "Show emergency Stop Window selected. I even toggled it on and off. Any ideas? Thanks, Tom

I had this problem a couple of nights. I set tracking to zero to focus on a terrestrial object. I set the mount back to sidereal and entered a target in SGP; when I attempted to center in SGP APCC kep

Hi I'm getting ok guiding when I start my night imaging. At this point, the scope is pointing to the east. Not fantastic but still good enough for my image scale. I do have a bit of backlash in dec an

Well, after a power failure I go out to use my scope and the IP address is changed. Looking through my router, there is no indication of it. So, read the manual and I have to download a JAVA applet. I

Hi everyone, I am having an issue with my Mach1GTO mount that I suspect is caused by an incorrect configuration of time zone offset due to daylight saving time. The problem I am getting is a very inac

Hello Astronuts, Finally got around to processing the heart of the Heart nebula, IC 1805. This was a difficult image for me because of continual thin clouds that prevented getting some of the fainter

Hi all Looking forward to being a proud new owner (fingers crossed) of an 1100, and so will have a few queries between now and the impending birth. First off, I have been looking over the Control Opti

Like Roland experienced, last night was a very cold night in northern Indiana but the first clear night in a while. Thankfully I operate everything remotely from the comfort of my living room. I have

Happy Holidays! Astro-Physics has put a new software version for our GTOCP4 and GTOCP5 control boxes under the Christmas Tree Nebula for you to open and enjoy. https://www.astro-physics.com/software-u

I’m just getting around to reading up on this and it seems, if I’m reading this correctly, that the mount can be set to park at a certain position (I use Park 4 for the roof) if it is set to even if i

Previously I posted about cold weather issues because I made an assumption that my gear, namely my cables and hub, didn't like 47F. However after trying to determine which cable, USB 3 port, computer

Hey everyone, Just wanted to share a shot of M82 showing how well my AP900 handled the 130mm f/8.35 during an unexpected (to me) wind storm last week. Not a great image compared with many on here, but