Help! I have a 200+ megapixel mosaic I've processed in PI, and I need to save it as a TIFF file. When I do so I get an error message telling me my file (which is a little over 2gb) exceeds the maximum

I think you posted the wrong link Rolando

I run ACP Expert with APCC Pro on an AP 1600 mount with encoders. Dome is a 10' ProDome. All software is up to date. Lately I have encountered a somewhat sporadic but increasingly frequent problem in

Hi Carl can you post a screen capture? are you using ascom and appc, or just ascom? Can you walk through how things are connected? -- Brian Brian Valente astro portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotog

I happened to look at the driver window of my 1200 mount while imaging tonight and the Connection box was empty and the Mount Type showed 1100 . Anything I should be worried about? I use a CP4. Thanks

Greetings! I am doing some indoor testing with scope mounted on my 1100GTO. From the computer, I use APCC Standard v1.9.6.6 but am also using the keypad to slew around slowly while standing around the

Dan, Good tip on the cable length, I have excess cable (about 6') I can trim off. I still need to measure my offset but first I need to get the connector wired on correctly. There are two LEDs in the

Hey Astronuts, Lowbrows and Buckeyes— I just wanted to share my adventure with replacing my original Sweet 16, aka FrankenScope, a Meade 16” SC OTA on which I performed a mountectomy, removing the ori

Hi, I am restoring (in great shape - just not used in the last 10 years) an Ash Dome with DDW as its control system. I've just gotten my AP1600GTO AE mount in there and now I need to get everything sy

Hello fellow Astronuts There is a new version of the Astro-Physics ASCOM V2 The new version 5.60.05 is available here: https://www.gralak.com/apdriver/ This is primarily a bug fix update with the foll

Hi, Im going to recive my AP1100 GTO soon, I just want to prepare a permanent pier for it. I would appreciate if anyone could share a permanent pier design with flat surface which has holes to connect

I have what I hope is an easy question In NINA, there is an option to disable Sync when plate solving. The tooltip advises that for "some" mounts there should never be a Sync command sent in order to

Hi, here is an image of a lesser known trio of galaxies in Leo, NGC 2964/2968/2970, approximately 80 million light-years from us. There's a long tidal arm emanating from NGC 2968 (the middle one), alt

Here’s my take on the Moon-Jupiter conjunction tonight. I had forgotten about it when I went out to set up my scope, so this is a quick & dirty grab shot with the DSLR instead of the planetary camera,

Hello Astro-Nuts, Please be patient with us today. We had an ice storm that knocked out our server last night. Emails are still slowly trickling in from 5:00pm yesterday and on. Additionally, we have

Still image-worthy, though. 60 x 60s, aligned on the head, processed in PS, GradX, and DeNoise. Starfire 155EDF, 1600GTO, Nikon D810A. —howard

So you probably thought that nothing is made in the US any more. Not true! Some of the coolest stuff is made right here in our own state of Illinois. And you can vote on what you think is the coolest

Wrong rotation but California is goofy anyway. Tec 140FL on Mach 2 QHY 600M. AP TC Quad. Chroma 3nm SHO45 subs each filter at 600 seconds each. QHYIII200M Location Scottsdale Arizona Processing with P

Hi I am thinking of getting the Uranus Meteo Sensor ( https://agenaastro.com/pegasus-astro-uranus-meteo-sensor.html?qty=1 ) as opposed to the Astromi.ch MGBoxV2. Has anyone used the Pegasus Astro Uran

Hi, The Helix Galaxy in Ursa Major, about 42 millions l.y. from us, is one of the few known lenticular galaxy with a polar ring. It is a rather difficult target to image from a suburban backyard, as i