Hi all, New and very excited owner of a 1100GTO (no encoders) and getting ready to start. Unfortunately (?) with this big step up in mount I decided it was time to migrate from ASIAIR and so I'm in th

Now that I've gotten my pointing issue fixed (thank you for that), I want to try starting CW up tonight, and M104 is an ideal candidate for this from my location. I do have a question about it. With m

Hi I have returned to astrophotography after a 10 year break and dragged out my AP1200. Its running the GTOCP3 version. Problem I am having is the mount wont slew to objects correctly. For example I s

Hi, Next year I am planning to get a 150+ lbs class mount, my first option is a 1600GTO. Are there any plans to produce a new 1600GTO batch in 2021? Regards, José

It appears the FTDi driver link for Mac is broken at this page: https://www.astro-physics.com/software-updates/ When I click it I am taken to the website but get the following: Oops! That page can’t b

Odd I can login to Astro-physics.com and see my purchases but I can’t login to Astro-physics.info to get firmware update. I just changed the password at Astro-physics.com. Never logged into .Info befo

i've been troubleshooting an issue with a new camera (QHY268M) (and of course new-to-me drivers). This is the second night I've had the QHY268M up and running. The reliability of getting images out of

Hi Bought a used AP 1600, super nice machine. I'm trying to become fluent with the Keypad work flow process. For some reason I'm not getting how to move the RA and DEC. So once I use the goto function

Hi! I am making a custom pier adapter for my AP 900 mount. Can anyone tell me what is the distance from the center (D) to the four threaded holes where the knobs fit (B). Center to center distance. Al

Hello, looking for opinions and guidance for how many points to model. There are a lot of topics on this but none of them seem to answer my questions. I set up each time in my backyard in the same pla

I recently took over as Observatory Director for my club's observatory and outreach center. With COVID putting a halt on the in-person outreach events that we have done on a monthly basis (and hope to

I have an AP900 setup in my observatory and the pier is tall enough that I need the scope to parked in a specific position to prevent it from interfering with the roof (and also to point to the wall).

I looked at APCC while running remotely at SRO this morning and saw 93 COM errors. While the system is imaging successfully these errors are concerning. I have had many errors over the past few months

Hi All, I'm using the AP V2 ASCOM driver with SkyX to control a 900 GTOCP3 mount on a windows 10 machine. Does the AP driver support the 'pulseguide' option on the 'guide using' pulldown in the SkyX a

I have a question/clarification of the relationship between APCC and the ASCOM V2 driver for Ray or anybody who knows the answer for sure… My question has to do specifically with the initialization ph

Ray, I modified the sample horizon file you sent to me and now have the horizon for my location input into APCC PRO. But now I have a new issue. I have been using APCC Standard for years to control my

> On Apr 10, 2021, at 12:47, Bryan R. <bross138@...> wrote: > > I am a fan of Switchcraft DC jacks. They seem to be of much better quality than run-of-the-mill amazon stuff, bit easier to solder, and

Hi, I was wondering what was the conductor gage (AWG) of the power cable (6-ft) included with the Mach 2. There are writings on the jacket in what seems to be Japanese language as well as the number 0

I have been using APCC Standard for years to control my AP1600 using SkyTools PRO V3 and now SkyTools V4 Imaging. I have the mount connected to the computer using the Serial/USB connection on COM3. I

Hi Folks, I am a new Mach2 owner and am configuring my setup. I usually run completely off battery power whether imaging / observing from home or at a dark sky site. My question is: at what input volt