In a recent post (87010) Roland C mentions that Linwood's Celestron C11 optics is made with "normal" glass. "Do you find the C11 to need a lot of focusing with temperature change? It would seem to me

Hi guys, Seem to be experiencing some ongoing issues with meridian flips - Using SGP 3.1.0.544, APCC Pro V. 1.8.0.9 and and AP900 mount with CP3 gear. Last night could not do a meridian flip (around 2

Did some model testing and grabbed 3.5 hours of Sadr in HA. Epsilon E160ED scope, AP Mach 2 mount, unguided subs of 5 mins. Camera is the QHY600 full frame CMOS. Filter was the Astronomik MaxFR 6nm. S

Resend. Sorry, I forgot change the subject line. We had a few clear and steady nights here in central Virginia, and I managed to get 13 hours of Ha and RGB on Sharpless 112. <http://astronomy.mdodd.co

Hello, I would like to drive an AP 3600 via alpaca and AV2 ASCOM drivers V5.50.03. everything works fine, but I can't adjust the "move rate" speed in alpaca axisrates reply maximum speed 2.5. and maxi

Hello everyone, here is the first image with my AP900 that I got few weeks ago. There's absolutely nothing to say about the mount, it just works. Flawlessly from the first to the last sub. The scope i

Hi Friends, While I am trying to step away from backyard imaging, I did some testing of gear the other night and got about 3 hours of data on the Iris Nebula in my LP rats nest of a backyard. Iris Neb

This concerns the Mach2GTO. I'm in the northern hemisphere. I woke up this morning, and I found out that I didn't get any data after my target passed the meridian. Sequence Generator Pro told me that

I’ve been very fortunate to build a permanent observatory to house my setup with my AP1600GTO AE with pretty good skies. The downside is its location near the wild southern ocean with sea mists and he

It speaks volumes to the dedication of the AP family. The situation has been address and I thank you all. I don't post my stuff here often enough so here's an image of the Tulip Nebula in NB SHO - htt

While I'm here posting, here is one I put up yesterday and welcome suggestions and criticism. Full size here: https://www.astrobin.com/92m59x/ All credit to the AP1100AE for the round stars of course.

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/

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

Is this. This is an unresponsive pile of trash. While I know this isnt AP specific, I mostly talk to you all these days, and this change is NOT good for users.

Both Encoder lights are blue and the voltage is steady at 13.5. Attached is an example of a 60 second exposure during the rocking. An ideas? Thanks!! Steve

I think I am going to try and mount my Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm with my C11” where I am currently using a piggyback design with an 80 mm. My set up requires it to be in park 4 in my ROR observatory fo

Hello guys. I am sure with all the knowledge on this group you could be of help. Subject: Mosquitoes. When I get bit the area swells up without even scratching it. I hate them but they love me. I've t

Is there a common denominator for motor stall? I was out observing Jupiter this morning and every once in a while, the RA axis would jump westward a few degrees and then there would be motor style. I

Ray Gralak was kind enough to reply in another post about model features in APCC. I have some additional questions and thought that moving them to a new thread might make it easier for people to follo

Tony, While I cannot speak to the effects of fogging, my mosquito control consists of using a few fairly large potted citronella plants. On observing nights in my backyard, I’ll set the bunch of them