I just got my AP 1100 today and I flipped through the three 70 page manuals. I didn't see anything about how to set limits for the mount so that when I use this in remote operation the scope won't hit

Now, I know what you are going to say, why buy and Ferrari and put wooden wheels on it? My AP 1100 is arriving tomorrow. I have a big learning curve ahead of me with this beast of a mount. I have had

When I first became aware of the night sky I asked for a telescope so I could see distant galaxies. My parents bought a 20mm x 20X Selsi refractor, thinking that would suffice. I was intrigued by the

Hello Fellow astronuts, Yesterday we had monsoon rain all day and total overcast into the evening. I was ready to turn in at 10pm, but like any good astro-amateur I took a quick peek at the sky before

Good Morning from Cloudy Florida, I just receive my new AP1100 GTO (without encoders) which includes APCC Pro. I had been using an AP900 GTO with a CP4. I use N.I.N.A. (currently version 2.0) and the

Hello, I just encountered an issue that I need help debugging. I selected a target and gave a slew command. Once slew is done, I captured a sub of 7 sec. In the sub, I notice elongated stars and also

Will AP attend this year's NEAF?

Hi, Tonight, I noticed that the site selected (in APCC) was not the same as the site shown in the ASCOM window. Since I have it set to get LAT/LON from the mount I guess it is OK. The ASCOM driver sti

Before I remove the scope and tear down the mount, I'm asking the A-P staff for pointers. My Mach1GTO dates from early 2010. The motors and gears are original from that time. There is looseness in the

Hi everyone, Here is a montage of some of the images that I captured during the 2022/23 apparition of Mars. The images have been sized to accurately display their relative apparent size and phase. I w

Last night I upgraded to the latest APCC Pro version 1.9.6.7 and ASCOM V2 version 5.60.04. Besides the REST API, and not explicitly connecting to the ASCOM V2 driver, the only quirk I found annoying i

Does anyone know of vendors that still make very solid metal piers that would fit the 1200GTO RPA or FSA? Thanks.

Sorry if this is a repeated thread. Did a quick search but did not find anything. So I have updated my GPT4 to the latest firmware. I upgraded to version VCP4-PO2-15. While I currently do not have the

I am thinking of setting up a dual system. I currently use the Esprit 100 on a Mach 2 and it works fantastic and I'm thinking of adding something with a longer focal length for small objects. Do I nee

I took this one over the last new moon period. The link is here https://www.astrobin.com/n2ec75/ Mount: AP 900 Camera: QSI wsg 540 Telescope: Televue 101is Software: PixInsight The *Leo Triplet* (also

Hello fellow Astronuts, Had one clear night before the monsoon rains came to the island. Managed to do a couple of hours on the Horse before it rode away into the Pacific in the west. This is a test i

Hi, Monday night the sky was hazy over Paris but the seeing conditions were really good. On the stacked luminance the median FWHM is 1.76". The best luminance frames have an median FWHM of 2,1 pix, na

My name also came up for the encoder upgrade kit. I have sent in my payment and am now patiently waiting for them to get the encoders calibrated, tested and ready to ship. In the meantime, I have a qu

Hey, Haven't been online too much recently, working on issues with my calibration... Turns out the issue with my dust motes coming out sort of beveled in a lot, but not all, of my sessions was due to

Hello fellow Astronuts, On Cloudy Nights a 900 mount user posted this: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/834946-using-ap900-without-a-hand-controller/ "Posted 04 August 2022 - 12:26 AM Hi, I have an