From Cloudy Nights a user asks: "After three years my name came up for an AP Mach 2, which I've ordered, and is due in October. During that three year wait, I ordered and happily use a 10Micron mount.

Is there an explanation somewhere what these values mean and what are good or bad values? How can I f.e. calculate my current polar alignment error from these values? Thanks and regards, Eckhard

I am getting a new camera, the ASI 533 mono and the modeling was done with an ASI 1600. Is it necessary to redo the modeling with the new camera? Both cameras weigh about the same and my theory is tha

Hello All, Does anybody have a source for replacing the power connector / socket at the GTO CP3 12V panel? Doing the well known screw driver 'Bend the pin' trick only works so many times and my concer

Have you considered 3D-printing a tapered washer to fit between your camera and ocuser? The attached photo shows one I drew in 15 minutes of fiddling around, so it's easy to create. This one is greatl

I keep getting this error message when trying to connect my to nina with my camera. I am sure it is some simple setting. Any ideas

helloo Astronuts, Well, you have by now seen the 110 product page, and I have a few thoughts I want to pass along. For the past 2 years I have been keenly aware of trends in this hobby, and have been

I have been working on building a model with my Mach2 and when the view image screen pops up , it is blank, however the program is plate solving ok. I am using a qhy163 under ascom. Do I have somethin

Hello Astro-imagers, With the introduction of the 110 GTX I have made up some charts under technical design details that show various performance data. One chart that I initially hesitated to show was

Hello fellow astronuts, I could not get deep sky images to come out right with this color camera. So I went back to basics and imaged a known daytime object with known colors. Ross was right, the key

At last, our exciting news: The Quest: Design the largest, fast, highly-corrected, airline transportable refractor that can cover a full-format CMOS chip with pinpoint stars to the corners when couple

This is exactly what I’m looking for as I image with the ASI6200MM full frame sensor. My only wish is some built in way to adjust tilt on the scope, either at the lens cell or focuser to allow us to d

Dear all, My name is Christophe, from France. This is my first message here. My english is not very good, as youwill see ; I hope you will understand what I mean. This forum is a great idea. ** I boug

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Hello Astro-Nuts, After much deliberation and assessment and with great regret, we are compelled to cancel our attendance at the Advanced Imaging Conference (AIC) in San Jose this month. This was a di

I tied for the first time to launch JPL Horizon program thru APCC menus and also alone as program. I have a working internet connection. When I logon to JPL Horizon they my google chrome web browser I

Hi astro-imagers, I have been using a ZWO 6200C color camera here at our factory observatory to test scopes, flatteners etc. I recently aimed it at a nearby blue water tower and was shocked to find th

Everything is working very well with my new Mach2GTO and APCC Pro except for the 3D View feature. When I click on the 3D View button I get a pop-up that states, "Load Library failed with error 1114. A

1100GTO will not power on. Main battery shows 12.76V and backup battery shows 12.5V. Keypad simply says "Astro-Physics Ver: 4.19.3" and will not proceed beyond that point. Reads drawing 0 amps and LED

Tonight, I was using a 16" RC at f/6.4 with a full frame sensor to watch the eclipse. I also had a 91mm scope riding parallel to provide a wider FOV. In the 16", I could see about 95% of the lunar dis