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

Does anyone have experience with variable limits (AE tab) throwing an RA limit exception right after meridian flip? I am befuddled how to solve the problem. Image attached; this is right after the mer

I've been notified my name has come up to purchase a Mach2. I'm currently using a Mach1 with a 130GTX, which weighs about 31 lb with extra dovetail, flattener and camera. I currently have a 14 lb. and

You inspired me to image this galaxy last night. I don't have PixInsight or Croman's BlurX, but I have NoiseX which has some sharpening algorithm. I managed 20 x 300 sec exposures with the 110 at F5 w

I need to transport my 1100 to my place in Big Sky, Montana. I am at 7200 ft above sea level and have Bortle 2 skies at my location and am within a stones throw to Bortle 1 skies, although the grizzli

This maybe be simple but last night I was trying APPM and if I tried to connect the camera with NINA, it would not connect and give me this error. 0000006 2023-04-26 16:40:46.003: Info, REST API, Rest

Hello fellow Astronuts, Just posted this image I took last night around midnight. It is the famous Abell 2151 galaxy cluster that contains a multitude of different shaped galaxies, some interacting. W

Oh Wow! That's really nice! Look at all those galaxies!! Gorgeous image. Love it!! JimP Get Outlook for iOS

Ray, I am trying to understand Meridian limits documentation to image using a TEC180FL (read long scope with a large filterwheel) at zenith or past the meridian. I do not understand the two experiment

I'm eagerly awaiting a Mach2GTO and the Eagle pier. I have two main scopes I'll be using, the 155EDFS and an 1850 mm focal length DSI RC. I do not have a permanent setup at my location, so I setup and

Mostly out of curiosity I see there is a new firmware for CP5 and plan to upgrade. But I have a doubt, in the package there are .net and .wif files, do these need to be loaded in any particular order?

Hi All, The weather at my imaging site cooperated this month and I was able to get out for two sessions in the last week. Both images below were taken with the Mach2 running unguided with small declin

1600GTO non encoders using USB/Win 10 pro/ACP 8.22/Maxim 6.28/AP ASCOM driver/Sky 6/latest ASCOM version/Focusmax latest version 5. Ran a plan last night with ACP. It did a meridian flip earlier in th

I guess when he can figure out how to control 32 engines simultaneously at escape velocity he will launch as many satellite as money allows. -Best, Robert

Howdy Astronuts, I have been taking images at two locations using the same scope and camera so that I could compare the results of local seeing conditions. One is at our observatory in Hawaii which is

Hi everyone part 2 of my first light with Mach 2 + 130EDF This is M63 Sunflower Galaxy https://www.astrobin.com/qyi9si/ This was imaged 15 hours total over three nights in bortle 5 using unguided trac