I would like to use the new Eagle 4 with my Mach 2's thru mount cabling. I will be using all AC power, so I have the Eagle's AC power adapter. I have Primaluce's Eagle power connector with the Anderso

Hi, I am just wanting to confirm that I am entering the information into the keypad correctly. Longitude: 30.2317568 Latitude: -81.395712 My Keypad Entry N 30:13:54.3 W 081:23:44.6 Thanks

Hi, I am doing table-top testing of our Mach2 (before we can put it on a proper tripod). I use TheSky6 in a Windows 7 virtual machine on my Mac. GTOCPS5 is connected to the computer with a short USB2.

On 12/30/2020 10:23 PM, deonb wrote: >Windows 7 on parallels. By now > it's an 11 year old operating system that got obsoleted 8 years ago, and > stopped getting security updates a year ago. > As a de

All, I am trying to connect a U-Blox7 GPS to v1.8.8.0 of APCC and I get this error message: UpdateLocation. Index and length must refer to a location within the string. Parameter name: Length. The gps

While reading a post by a fellow AP’er I saw a discussion about a product called Dragonfly and was instantly intrigued about what I was reading and it’s capabilities. Having had a few mishaps with my

Now that Ray has given the green light to use ASCOM 6.5 SP1 with APCC, I figured I would take the plunge and update. I am currently running ASCOM 6.4. What is the best procedure for updating ASCOM and

Hi, I have an AP 1100 mount. Everything was working fine last night until I did a Go To. I thought my mount was lost and that I accidentally synced on something. I tried syncing on a known object maki

Hello, I run Voyager on my computer to run my scopes, cameras, mount and so on and so forth. Whenever I launch the three dimensional view of my scope in APCC to see the scope and mount in operation, t

I also purchased the BUBM series of soft sided cases from Amazon after Tony's (Harley Davidson- aka starastronomer on YouTube) review video. What came to be hard was labeling the cases as there's no n

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded from a CP3 to a CP4 for my Mach1. The only thing I miss about the CP3 is the neat hanging case, which made it easy to "grab and go" and allowed me to hang the controll

Yesterday I wanted to use the Mach2 for some observations. I connected the GTOCP5 to an Ethernet hub and fired up SkySafari Pro6 on my Mac. I configured the telescope as “Astro-Physics GTO”, entered t

Something happened and I am not able to check or uncheck the East Limits and West Limits check boxes in APCC Pro v1.8.8.11. It doesn't matter if the mount is connected to APCC or not, the boxes are st

Charlie and little MOOSE brought in 2021 with AP telescopes and my private stash. Charlie has a bottle of Total Solar eclipse moonshine and MOOSE has the limited edition number 500 of 500 Ozzy Osbourn

Happy New Year 🎆🎈🎊 Pete

From all of us at Astro-Physics to all of you, we wish you a very happy and healthy new year!!! We are very grateful for your support and patience during the challenges of 2020. Like most of you, we h

Hi Astronuts, This first post will describe a precise way to polar align the mount's azimuth. Once that is done, it will not require any further adjustment.The idea is to use the natural geometry of t

Hi I thought I would ask the experts here about my shifting polar alignment. 5 years ago I rented a backhoe, and dug a hole 7 feet deep in my backyard. I then poured a concrete pillar in a form 3'x3'

Hi, Got my Mach2 a couple of weeks ago. Looks great. Waiting to finish the observatory now. ExploraDome arrived today. One minor suggestion, and/or request for advice. Because my setup is tall, I elec

I just started using APCC and a Mach2, and my usual imaging program is NINA with ASTAP doing platesolving. My other mount is a Celestron CGEM and there is a pretty simple process to sync it to the sky