Hey y'all! Here is a picture we took, as a group. Follow the astrobin link for full description: https://www.astrobin.com/tb0sou There are also links to Will's website with the full processing descrip

Hi, I'm new here and have a question. I've searched and have not found an answer. I have an AP 130GTX and have a 400GTO with the Eagle Portable Pier on order. I would like to leave the Eagle Pier outs

Hi, yesterday I've tried my mach2 under a real sky after the last APPC upgrade. Everything started apparently well, but when I pointed at DEC=0, HA=2h it started pointing down. Homing was not enough,

Hey guys I photographed many total solar eclipses BUT never did video. For the upcoming April 8 - 2024 total solar I would like to do video through the 92mm. It is a good excuse for me to buy the Niko

I currently have one of those Mele PC's on the side of my C14 which sits on my AP1600. While it does work ok I do notice with APCC running, NINA, Phd and a few other things it does start to bog down.

Had a chance to try out my new-to-me AP900GTO on an imagine run. With the AP130GT and QHY268 riding on top (looks great up there btw), I managed a little over 11 hours of data on M101 over 2 nights. T

When APCC gets positional information from an attached GPS like MG Box V2, Uranus Meteo Sensor, etc, will it obtain the GPS time and use that? Or does APCC prefer using the computer's clock only? I am

Hello everyone. For those of you who rent piers at dark sites, what are you doing to insure your equipment? I currently use state farm for my personal articles policy but was just informed that they w

Recently received new 1600GTO from AP in March this year, so I listed and sold my 1200GTO CP3....I have all original boxing and foam materials, but buyer wants me to remove DEC and RA motors for shipp

Is there a PoleMaster screw in mount for the 1600GTO? Thanks Greg

Hello, [1100GTO-AEL, CP4, latest APCC Pro and ASCOM driver] Doing a DEC arc model for a close-to-Polaris object IC 3568 (Lemon Slice Nebula) I encountered the following several times: After the near-z

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Is there any reason not to update firmware and input location etc. on the CP5 before the mount is ready for action? I’m waiting on my pier and the mount is sitting in the box. Anything I can do ahead

Hi everyone, I'm having a problem getting a good USB connection between my computer and CP5. I have used three USB A to USB C cables and only one makes a good reliable connection. For the other two, d

Hi, I don't know if I am doing something wrong. I am trying to manage two different settings file, to work with two different set ups in APPM. It seems that the saving feature works only as a duplicat

Greetings Everyone, I made my third trip to West Texas/Big Bend/Marathon with my 130/Stowaway and Mach2. I imaged for several nights and out a perhaps a couple of hundred exposures, I had a few that l

Set up APCC on a new computer and I can't get the mount to register with the right home latitude. My home latitude is set to 29 yet the mount shows 0. Anyone know how to remedy?

Everyone, I imaged this in September last year, but it's just now getting off of my processing backlog. It's a beautiful area below the cross in Cygnus that typically gets lost in wide fields. A littl

I have a question on starting up APCC at the beginning of an observing session: How do I keep the mount PARKED? I'm probably missing something very obvious, but it keeps eluding me so I'm stuck. When

A couple of times now if I set Go-To to the Sun or Moon during the day in my living room, the screen will say "Done" even though the mount did not move. If I then try again, it will then slew to the t