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

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

Hi, can someone please confirm the units of the Cust RA and Cust DEC rates in the AP v2 ASCOM Driver? I've read the help file but can't seem to make the mount move in the way I'm expecting it to move

I am trying out APCC to guide on sunspots for my solar imaging. Up to now, I just used polar alignment and GOTO to find the sun and the ASCOM controller to navigate. Once on a sunspot, I again use the

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

I do see that my ap-1600 has the ability to be set in Alt-Az mode, I do have an application which needs this and was wondering if anybody wrote the software to control the mode in that setting, meanin

I recently took a trip to a dark sky location at high altitude (Bortle 1 skies, 9,200 ft elevation) and ran into some problems in the field with my Mach2 mount. I had the telescope and mount set up pr

Got this fail to connect camera message last night in APPM. Camera opens fine running Maxim direct. Any ideas? Camera is ASI6200mm.

Hi Dan, You need to connect the power supply with the ASI6200 even if ZWO said it's only for controlling temperature. When trying to connect camera with a Raspberry pi, if the power supply is not conn

There must be 1000 ways to present or take this data. Here's my version taken with a small chip CCD: https://www.astrobin.com/full/bjp0m9/B/ https://www.astrobin.com/full/bjp0m9/B/?mod=&real= Rolando

Bravo!!! Jumps off the screen. 😎 Pete

Congrats to Mr. Chander for his gorgeous image of the Trifid nebula. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220805.html Taken with his 150 TOA refractor on a 1600AE mount. Rolando -- Roland Christen Astro-Physi

The procedure I have always used to connect my Mach 2 is as follows: Launch APCC, connect the mount and then connect the AP V2 driver. Afterwards I go to my imaging program (SGP) and connect everythin

Hi team, if I make a detailed all sky model with my FSQ106 at 530mm is it still valid (ie work) if I use a reducer (~382mm) or extender (~848mm). if so other than a recal is there anything else I need

A very nice image, Stacey. I imaged the Pelican in color three years ago, and last night got 5-1/2 hours of H-a to add to it. Here's the result: <http://astronomy.mdodd.com/nebulae-20.html> Looking cl

Congrats on a very nice result, Stacey! Karen AP

Hello AP'ers, A very long project I was working on finally came to a close. IC 1396: Emission Nebula in Cepheus (rockstarbill) - Full resolution | AstroBin Over 65 hours of unguided imaging with the M

Hi fellow Astronuts, Had a chance to test the 110mm lens today to see what kind of resolution it can achieve under near perfect seeing conditions. These conditions are not common here during a typical

Just wanted to thank the Astro-Physics staff for a wonderful 130gtx. Just drove up from TX to WI so it was like Christmas for me today and even clear. Though, I need to order the proper dovetail plate

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 11:57 AM, Ray Gralak wrote: > > Yes, three arcs separated by 1-degree would provide the highest accuracy. > The more points, the better. > > Which scope, image scale, and expos