Recently acquired a Mach1 / CP3 / Eagle Pier and other associated stuff. Trying it all out in garage assuming sometime in the distant future I have a clear night. Is there some trick to getting the AS

Quick question should the synchronous pulse guide box in ASCOM driver be checked or not checked to minimize the chance of this warning coming up? As this has been happening almost every session. Best

I finally got a full night with no clouds, so I went back to C/2022 E3. Horizons was really pretty straightforward, especially after watching Ray's video. And imaging unguided really does simplify thi

Has there ever been, or will there ever be, consideration in developing an alt/az version of the Mach2GTO mount? Perhaps remove the wedge and mount the Mach2GTO proper into an alt/az configuration. Or

Do you own a Mach 2? If so, I am working on some new tutorials and want to hear your experience with setting up the Mach 2 and how you use it. If you don't mind answering a few easy questions can you

Hey guys, I have been running my Mach1GTO in my observatory since 2015. It has the CP3 control box with the "V" chip. It was properly balanced during that initial setup and I have not made any changes

Hello Just checking if anyone has observed something like the above with their mounts. I recently rebalanced my 1600GTO after changing some of the equipment mounted on it. I checked it was well balanc

The new green comet is occluded by my house except I can setup my Mach2 on a tripod due North/North-East. How can I limit APPM from just modeling points in the North or North-East? Shailesh

Hi all, I signed up on the waiting list to purchase a 1100GTO just over a month ago. Not having an Astro-Physics mount before I joined this group and have been thrilled to see so many of you offer so

Does AP have a Polemaster adapter for my Mach2? David C. Finch

I am running my ap900gto through NINA (with ASCOM drivers) and every night after the session is over the mount parks on wrong position even though I set it to park at park 3 position. So when I start

Hi everyone I mentioned our experience with remote imaging wasn't all sunshine and rainbows (we do love it and continue to do it). Several of you requested the follow-up, so I've put together tips and

A little discovery I made this morning was when I remoted into my observatory computer and started APCC (ver. v1-9.6.3) to make changes to the settings, in this case the Status window to not open when

I believe I have noticed that in the latest version of APCC, when I park the mount at the end of a session, the Park radio button remains highlighted, i.e. not grayed out, as it did before. Is this de

How can I use Horizons with SGPro for imaging? Shailesh

Hi All, I just put up the first draft of last night's imaging effort. I forgot Hubble's variable Nebula was in this field until I saw it on the sub-exposures as I was monitoring the progress. A lot of

In the past Park 3 "just worked" but last night on two occasions, once while running Horizons and once after an APPM run, the mount's DEC was pointing to the rear of the mount instead of the true Park

Hi, I have a 2007 model AP1200 GTO CP3 with Handset GTO-1 S/N2401GTO 2707. I've used it many times with out issues, including tonight to issue slew to Mars, but after finishing imaging Mars, I thought

i just installed qhy 5iii 200 guide camera using OAG. I followed the AP VIDEO of how to set up PHD2 With absolute encoders az I own a Mach 2. Connections for mount is AP GTO V2 Ascom and camera is QHY

PixInsight just released a new version of the comet alignment tool https://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?threads/cometalignment-module-version-1-3-5-released.20147/ -- Brian Brian Valente astro portf