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

Hello Fellow Astronuts, A couple of nights ago I had good seeing skies here on Hawaii Island. This image is a snapshot containing 18 each of 10 second exposures at F5 with the TCC on the 110 GTX scope

Hi Everyone, Please pardon the OT message. I've signed up with A Classic Tours Collection in Redondo Beach, CA for the April 2024 Eclipse for a Matazlan trip. I've been trying to reach them via phone

Hello fellow Astronuts, The bad weather finally broke and I was able to get a number of sessions on several objects. Unfortunately the full Moon was high in the sky which resulted in a number of probl

I’ve been working through the set-up process on a recently delivered Mach 2 and NINA. The mount is polar aligned, APCC up and running, NINA connects to the mount and camera (and all the other devices)

I have a Mach2 mount with Berlebach tripod and currently attach the GTOCP5 via control box extension adapter, Q6280KIT. While this works fine, it is a little cumbersome to tighten/loosen that one knob

Hey Astro-Nuts, A few weeks ago we shared that we had been nominated for the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association’s Makers Madness Coolest Thing Made in Illinois contest, along with some 250 other manu

Hello everyone. I received my Losmandy HD tripod today and have started the assembly process. I noticed that I can only insert four of the hex bolts to connect to the flat plate of the Losmandy tripod

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.