Some questions about the Mach1GTO and Dec Arc Tracking: Is it possible to use enough points in the dec arc model to get the Mach1 (with PEC) to do 15 minute unguided exposures? If so, how many points?

Hi Peter, First, NINA (version 2.0 HF1 Beta010) doesn't support ZWO native driver only ASCOM. Are you sure your binning mode is 1x1 ? There is a huge difference of downloading time between 1x1 and 2x2

Last night I took a 10 minute test sub and the stars were slightly egg shaped. I was chatting with Bill Long and he told me that he saw something similar with Polar Axis Correction enabled. Sure enoug

Hi all, I am a purely nomadic imager for now and have been using fast reflectors so far because they are cheaper and faster (quite important for cloudy PNW), but something or the other keeps changing/

Changed the subject line. I have been running for 3 hours tonight and no repro of the problem at all. For those using extremely wide fields like me (Field radius: 2.326 degrees) and if you know the op

My new Mach2 works flawlessly and very quiet. When I try to connect a ZWO camera through the "in mount" usb I get either an intermittent connection or none at all. I have tried 3.0, 2.0, active and sh

Quick question for APCC users. I have APCC set to connect to the Astro-Physics Ascom driver via the Rest API port and it's been working great. However if I start APCC and there is no mount connected,

Hi Dale, It was probably the way I did. Thanks! Regards, Yves Le 23/07/22 15:31, Dale Ghent <daleg@...> a écrit : > On Jul 23, 2022, at 11:56, Yves Laroche <yves.laroche@...> wrote: > > Ok then... > >

I just finished downloading the new VCP4-P02-13 software for my GTOCP4. I then went to download the latest version of the user manual. I notice that the date on the cover of the manual is still Februa

Hi – for anyone who may have run into this using ASTAP, I’m hoping that there may be some suggestions as to what I’m doing wrong. For clarity, in SharpCap, I have no issue plate solving with ASTAP. He

Hey guys. Thought you may want an update on my initial review of this turret from last week. Very interesting what/who they said the problem was. Full documentation and another test with smaller eyepi

Dear all, I've just received my brand new Mach2GTO and Eagle pier and am over the moon, despite one of the Eagle's feet having apparently suffered some minor damage. Onto my questions: I've found quit

It may have been that you started NINA first, then connected the camera to your system, and didn't press the refresh button to update the list of connected cameras? /dale

What you think is correct - from an app's perspective, cameras can do only one thing at a time. The image has to be downloaded before the command to start the next exposure can be given. But, on CMOS

Raw CPU speed is one aspect in this. The other is the performance of the memory itself. Its latency (CAS latency, or CL) and clock speed are crucial to these operations where apps are copying large am

Ok then... I really don't know why but now NINA is showing the ZWO native driver. Yesterday, the driver didn't showed up even if the camera was connected. Now the downloading time/pre-process is 3 sec

Does anyone know the type of connector for the power cable on a CP4? I have a bunch of DeWalt cordless tools, so have plenty of batteries. I picked up an adapter that lets me connect a PowerPole to th

Hi Dale/Peter, You wrote 4) NINA USB 3.0: less than 1 second In using my Quieter2Q 8GB NUC style computer, with both NINA or Maxim DL, it takes around 10 seconds when the Take Image button is pressed

The newest version 5.010 is now available for the GTOCP4 as well as the GTOCP5 and the manual has been updated to provide information regarding use with both control boxes. This is a long-anticipated

The other day I set the RA limits (AE Tab of APCC) to 15 minutes for both the East and West sides. My understanding is this prevents the mount from slewing/tracking 15 minutes past the meridian (East