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I had a similar problem as you described below, the time,long & lat were
fine, what caused my GoTo to bewrong was the fact that the tripod wasnt
level because the bubble level on the Superwedge gives notoriously false
readings! I have since installed two torpedo levels on the base plate of the
Superwedge and it is now working well.

Andy.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Arnett [SMTP:billa@znet.com]
> Sent: 04 May 1999 09:00
> To: mapug@shore.net
> Subject: Re: [M]: Re: Polaris - or not.
>
> At 7:37 AM +0000 5/4/99, Lawrence Harris wrote:
> >Following my earlier e-mail, I can confirm that I have the scope
> >centred on Polaris (identified as the bright double star). After
> >sync-ing on the second star (Denebola), the goto is consistently at
> >least half-a-finders view out. I have meticulously checked the time
> >(GMT and 0 offset), lat (50), long (4W).
>
> You have to be more accurate than that. 50N 4W is in the middle of
> the English Channel, if Im reading my map right. Youll need the
> time accurate to a minute or so, as well.
>
> Bill Arnett
> http://www.seds.org/billa/
> Emerald Hills, CA 37N 122W mailto:billa@znet.com
> "I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search
> out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch
> the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of
> ambrosia, the food of the gods." -- Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)

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