Hi Phil:

I wasnn't confused about offsets. I was confused why anyone would set up
their scope with an offset, when all they had to do is input the GMT and
their location(longitude and Latitude)and never have to worry about changing
it again. I went through the same confusion when I first got my scope. A
friend of mine and a member of this list told me about the GMT and I have
used it ever since with no problems what so ever. Meade for some reason
doesn't tell this to their customers. I wish they would it would sure be
less confusing for all of us.

Clear Skies
Gary

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [M]: Re: Local/GMT TIme Offset


>
> >Im sorry for putting my 2 cents worth in but why would anyone worry about
> >offsets so much. This subject has been pounded to death. All I do is put
in
> >the GMT time and the rest of the information the LX200 requires and the
> >scope knows exactly where its at. My pointing accuracy is right on the
> >button.
>
>
> Gary,
>
> Exactly. And doing it this way short-circuits the whole nonsense.
However
> while you may be confused by the "offsets" I suspect others may be
confused
> by having to think of their time in terms of GMT when they may be 8000
> miles or more from the Greenwich Meridian. Which I am sure is why Meade
> provide the ability to enter local time, but in doing that, one also needs
> to enter an offset from GMT. Six of one, half a dozen of the other...
>
> --Philip
>
> Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
> Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com
>
>

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