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/

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

The A-P web page for the 130 GTX indicates that the focuser that comes with the scope is an A-P 3.5” focuser, and that a digital focusing system is also available for imaging, but I see nothing anywhe

Well, I couldn’t wait until my son comes over tomorrow. I decided to try it myself, and was thrilled to find that, despite having just turned 77, I could wrangle the components of the 1600GTO onto the

Hello, after many months this is my last image. NGC 7023 , acquired on a AP Mach2, self built corrected newton 200mm f 4.5, and a moravia C3 61000 pro. Some plate solving setting made impossible to us

Hi everyone, I have an AP900 with a CP4 mounted on the dovetail above the RA axis. Since the CP4 protrudes a bit at the rear in this configuration, I was wondering whether there's enough clearance to

I have never dithered before, but it appears NINA supports it when connected to PHD2. Has anyone ever done this with the Mach2 and NINA? Is it really needed, or does it help? Todd

Despite taking all the precautions for the fist power-up of the barebones 1100GTO-AEL, I end up pinching a though-the-mount power cable in DEC axis as shown. Clutches were as they come form the factor

I own an AP1100GTOAE and just recently I’ve been getting repeated errors on startup that APCC fails to connect to the Dec encoder. If I tap on the small black Dec encoder housing with the small led, i

I am running APCC pro V 1.9.4.3 and the other day something strange happened. No matter how I change my points, I have two points that are stuck at the zenith. APPM starts and goes to the first point

Hi Astronuts, Had a couple of clear nights last week, enough to shoot some images with our 17" Astrograph using the venerable and old STL11K (I call it the noise maker). With 9 micron pixels it's a gr

How long were the subs? Do you need a 190 point model because of the fl? Would a smaller model, modeled around the object work as well? Khushrow

Was able to get out under the stars last night in the San Diego County Desert. 100 degree days but the temperature slowly got down to a comfortable 65 F or so just before dawn. This time of year you h

Hello, I experienced a strange problem during the last session with Mach-1 and Voyager. After meridian flip and settle time of 15 seconds, a plate solve was done and it was successful. As part of prec

Hi everyone, Does anyone know if APCC can drive both the guide chip and the main chip of an SBIG ST10 dual chip camera? Seems difficult to share one serial-USB link. For example with NINA I can connec

I doubt that anything mechanical is frozen. You may simply have a bad connection to the Dec motor. Check that your cables are firmly plugged in.

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

No idea what this means, nor what to do based on this message?

Hello all, Much to my dismay, after getting up at 4:00 AM to view Jupiter I found the Dec gear was frozen. When using the keypad the scope moved just fine in RA but would not budge N-S. I loosened all

Hi folks I have a few questions about power supply via the Mach2 I am thinking of getting a Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powebox (UPBv2), but wanting to attach it via my Mach2's internal cabling as opposed