OOPs, wrong pix! I uploaded the Rosette. Sorry for the mistook. Rolando

Hi Astro-nuts, Finally managed to do a quick combine. 11 frames of 1200 sec each, narrowband Ha, taken with the 160 refractor on the Mach2 computer mount in very cold conditions. Not sure I want to do

Hey Astro-Nuts, One of our favorite traditions at Astro-Physics is the annual Feast and Thank You Card Signing. Each year our entire team gets together to eat a fabulous meal and hand-sign a few hundr

Hi Astronuts, First clear night in a month, fired up the 160 EDF on the Mach2 mount at the AP observatory. There's also a 155 EDF riding piggyback, but not being used tonight. It's 5 deg F (-15C) righ

Field correction of the 140EDL refractor using the QuadTCC telecompressor: In order to cover a wide field and compress the image to get faster focal ratios, we have the QTCC. This compressor was origi

Great night's observing ahead. -bs

> The tracking rate in APCC on the 1200 keeps reverting to zero after I set it to sidereal. SGP says wrong tracking > rate when I attempt to center. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ju5snz98x0n2tol/ApccZ

Prior to finishing my remote observatory I'd been using PowerPoles and a Rigrunner to distribute 12V to my filter wheel, focuser, etc. 12 V from power supply connected to a Rigrunner via a PowerPole c

Yikes!! Sounds like my idea of fun! Hope you are dressed appropriately. Best, Jim Get Outlook for iOS

Hello, I had just finished a APPM run last night and noticed that the Mach2 was still tracking after it had dipped below the Western horizon. I think I had APPC configured correctly and I was surprise

Hello: I'm looking for advise on narrow band imaging with a Mach2 mount. I'm a proud owner of the new Mach2 and have done some unguided imaging (only up to 3 minute subs) with a OSC. I'm looking at mo

Hello Karen I use Chrome as my web browser these days The default groups.io un-read subject font color is a light-blue The read subject font color changes to black. My old eyes do not easily different

Hello I have had my (new to me ) mach1 for 24 hours and it looks like the keypad software version 17.6 I think is a long way out of date i found a update site but its asking for a user name and passwo

I have an AP1100GTO CP4 and use the ASCOM driver for mount control, with SGP and PHD2. Last night I had a pier crash and it is really puzzling as to what happened and I could use some help figuring it

This is a nice little group which, rather surprisingly, is not often imaged. While the galaxies are not big, they still reveal some detail. Technical information here https://www.astrobin.com/ktv8f5/?

Last night using my 1200, Planewave 12.5 with an OAG I was getting such high RMS values that I could not take images. The guide star was bouncing all over the place. I checked balance. polar alignment

Hi I have run into something with PhD guider that I would like feedback here first before going to their forum. I use Voyager, and the way this works and the problem is : 1) It does a precise goto to

Hey Astro-Nuts, Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly if you have any questions or trouble with your AP forums on Groups.io. I realize Peter is talking about another group below, but I’m h

Hello I am trying to find the serial number of the cp3 controller box Steve

For those of you with APCC Pro and "Check for updates" is not working, please try this version (I'll post an APCC Standard version later if this works): http://www.apastrosoftware.com/apcc_download/AP