GMT does not follow daylight savings. GMT is either +5 or +6 from Austin
(Austin time changes GMT does not). Once the clock is set in the LX200
there is no need to adjust for daylight savings since the stars don't
really follow daylight savings, local time is irrelevant as long as the
LX200 has the right GMT time. Life as an astronomer is easier in Arizona
and Hawaii since we don't observe daylight savings.

At 07:33 PM 12/7/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I've had my 10" LX200 for about two years and I live in Austin, TX.
>Using my best guesswork, I sat the offset to GMT at plus five hours.
>I have recently <for the first time> changed the "local time" in the
>controller to reflect the change from daylight savings time. Since doing
>that, I think my pointing accuracy has gotten a bit worse.
>Question: Do I also need to change the offset to GMT or is this not
>effected by daylight savings time? BTW, can anyone confirm whether the
>plus 5 hours is the correct offset for Austin? The Meade manual is more
>than a little confusing on this point.
>
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