Re: 1200GTO position issues
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Mike Shade
So the question becomes, how does one enter into the keypad custom RA/DEC to go to an object not in the database in the keypad? I know how to procedurally do it, but if there is a discrepancy in the values, how do I say slew to a double star that is not in the database? I checked the position of Arcturus in The Sky 6, and 14:15:40, +19:10:56 is listed as the equatorial 2000 position, so that seems OK.
Mike J. Shade Mike J. Shade Photography:
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1. returned value is the refracted value. 2. we are updating the database with newer and more accurate data.
Rolando
-----Original Message----- Trusty 1200GTO, with the latest chip. In observatory, polar aligned. Will have it slew to say Arcturus, puts it near center of the field. Says the RA is 14:15:40, Dec +19:10:56. Fine. Will go to the RA/DEC on the handpad and it says 14:16:37 +19:05:38, which is NOT the position given for Arcturus from the menu. Will then try the R/D menu, where custom RA/DEC is entered. Will enter the RA/DEC of Arcturus from the menu, and it is not there. I can go to the menu item and enter M3, puts M3 in the center of the field. There seems to be some oddity between the menu RA/DEC for objects and where the scope thinks it is pointing.
Any ideas here? I have tried doing both a sync and recal on Arcturus, and there is still a difference between the two positions (object position from the menu and the RA/DEC position given).
Thanks,
Mike J. Shade Mike J. Shade Photography: mshadephotography.com
In War: Resolution In Defeat: Defiance In Victory: Magnanimity In Peace: Goodwill Sir Winston Churchill Already, in the gathering dusk, a few of the stars are turning on their lights. Vega, the brightest one, is now dropping towards the west. Can it be half a year since I watched her April rising in the east? Low in the southwest Antares blinks a sad farwell to fall... Leslie Peltier, Starlight Nights
International Dark Sky Association: www.darksky.org
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