Hi everyone, since yesterday I am a happy owner of an AP900 with CP4 upgrade. What a beautiful an impressive mount! Coming from a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 driven by an ASIAIR using EQMOD, I tried to use the

This is the project that I envisioned a couple of years ago, a “heart transplant” for my venerable Meade 16” LX200 SCT using a new A-P 1600GTO mount. A trifling mod to the tripod deck was all that was

From Cloudy Nights a user asks: "After three years my name came up for an AP Mach 2, which I've ordered, and is due in October. During that three year wait, I ordered and happily use a 10Micron mount.

In the early 1960s I remember being frustrated as kid trying to find the constellations in the South Florida skies… TOO MANY STARS! The Milky Way was an amazing “blanket of light”. Here in St Johns, F

I tried to install APCC on my Fitlet2. All seemed to go OK until I tried to start APCC and then I got the attached message. Any suggestions as to where to go from here?Does the same license key work o

I am running APCC from Windows 10 from a USB connection on an AP Mach 1 using a G4 controller. My issue is my virtual comm ports don't work most of the time, but every once in awhile after testing var

I’m slowly setting up my new 1600GTOAE (slowly, because there’s no way I could get this thing set up in time to get first light before we leave on a 17-day trip). One thing is a bit ambiguous, though.

I love it when a plan comes together! I wanted to see how a completed FrankenScope would look, so here’s a version with body parts from 3 different lines from 2 different mfrs. that were never meant t

I've been trying to isolate some issues guiding my C11 on AP900 that look like might be backlash (strangely... in RA). I just re-seated my RA worm (I did this 5 or so years ago). I just noticed that w

I have a Mach2GTO-L which is several feet off center in a 15 foot Pro-Dome. If I go to "APPM/setting/Dome Settings" and select "Active" the APPM appears to assume the mount is at the exact center of t

Rehabilitation of the Meade Giant Field Tripod is done except for the cosmetic removal of surface rust on the legs. The A-P Flat Surface Adapter is mounted with 8 socket-head bolts to holes drilled in

Hello all, Just wanted to pass on an image from Peter Ward in Australia, doing imaging with his venerable 155EDF: Rolando "I was wanting to pass on some impressions of the new Quad TCC for my venerabl

Well, since the big announcement wasnt a newly designed 400GTO... I decided to try and find an old one! It's on its way and will arrive early next week. I also picked up a CP3v2 so I can use APPC with

We have our own Paladin, Robert our chief design engineer with the baby GTX: Have Scope Will Travel -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics

I just noticed the dew shield has a taper near the proximal end… 🧐 Sharp looking scope. 👍🏻 Pete

Am I correct that APCC requires Windows? —howard

Am I correct in my thinking that field rotation is inevitable even on a perfectly polar aligned mount ? I seem to recall reading that somewhere on this forum. Regardless, are there techniques besides

I am trying to image SH2-129 (Squid Nebula) but my permanent pier with AP1100AE is in my backyard and the nebula is due north east where my house occludes it until the wee hours. Is there a way to fin

I am getting a new camera, the ASI 533 mono and the modeling was done with an ASI 1600. Is it necessary to redo the modeling with the new camera? Both cameras weigh about the same and my theory is tha

Hi all, I am having a mild panic attack. I spent last night imaging and this morning after closing out the session, I left the rig untouched all day. Great weather here in Southern California. As I be