Hi. Which tripod would you recommend for the 1100GTO? I was given an 1100GTO by a friend and am looking for a tripod that will fit it! Best Regards, Masahiko Niwa

Anyone taken the plunge yet? Just curious if all is well. https://www.ascom-standards.org/ Todd

I'm excited to have finally gotten some data this summer! Below is the writeup I did on Astrobin. You can visit there for a high resolution image. This was my first time doing unguided imaging, and th

I am situated here an hour north of San Francisco and in lovely (not) Bortle 6 skies and have decided to take a 30 minute drive to Bortle 3 skies. I have taken telescopes on road trips before, but nev

I've encountered this issue recently with two separate computers and two separate mounts. Essentially, when I start APCC the initialize window pops up and I click that, then the mount never connects,

Hi, all. My relatively new (to me) 2016 1100GTO seems pretty noisy on both axes when slewing, especially at 1200x and 600x. I know this is kind of subjective, but is this "expected"? Is there any main

Hi everyone, first-time pier owner here. I'm hoping someone can give some advice about how to add a top plate to my pier. I recently reserved a pad at my club's dark sky site, and it has a pier on it

Hi All, I didn't like the keypad/power caps provided as they don't hold well enough for me. So I deigned a cap. It "clicks-in" so no risk of it coming off unwanted. Also while I was at it I designed a

Hi all, I’ve just purchased the AP900 Polemaster adaptor for my Mach2GTO and I’ve noticed that I’m not able to thread it in with the thumbscrew attached. That’s not a problem because I can just remove

I remove my HyperStar and DewShield off every morning and slew the scope to Park-3 and cover it. Works fine, even though it's very out of balance without the Hyperstar. Then at night I try to slew the

Last year about this time APCC Pro became a subscription service. Was this a one-time fee, or can we expect to be notified soon that we will need to renew our subscriptions ? Mike

Hi Everyone A quick question. I’ve had my equipment down for a bit to install a new focuser and QUADTCC. I started it all up today. I can slew using APCC but if I try to slew with another program, APC

Howdy everyone - I was installing a new OTA onto my AP1100 mount recently, and while I was checking balance I discovered that my RA gearbox was no longer fully releasing from the worm when the cam lev

Programs like Sequence Generator Pro slew to an object and then try to center it using plate solves and additional slews. When the counterweights are up, the second slew (which is usually very small)

Hello everyone. A while back ago I posted a question regarding how to clean the stainless steel weights and shaft on the AP mounts. I received a few replies. Roland said to use Barkeeper's Friend. I t

Hello all, I need to pack my AP1600 for shipping. I have the original boxes. I have a question about packing RA assembly for shipping. What is the latitude of the mount set to for shipping? Also, shou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLdr6nAlcQw I made a custom "hook" to hang the keypad from that uses one of the 1/4"/20 holes in the Mach2 mount. It can be scaled to any mount though. And it require n

Hi, I have just received my Mach2GTO and was assembling everything. I had read something about this but cannot find it anymore. I have fitted my shaft carefully with the DEC down as Roland advised som

Does anyone know if the 232 connection on the CP2 computer for the AP 600 E works with SkySafari Skyfi? Jim Get Outlook for iOS

We have posted the next version of our USBserial Utilities (v. 08) for Astro-Physics GTO Mounts on the website. https://www.astro-physics.com/software-updates/ This java-based tool has several worthwh