Sorry! I mistyped...it is 107 not 117! And I shall try the +4 hour GMT
offset tomorrow when the skies clear :-)
Thanks,
Adi

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Paul Markov wrote:

> If you're at 117 Deg. West, there's no way you're in the Easter time zone!
> And that's most likely the problem; your GMT offset is wrong. Figure out
> your actual time zone, then compensate for daylight savings time (+ 1 hr),
> and that's the number you enter in the keypad. (if you really are in the
> Eastern time zone, then your GMT offset is only 4 hrs during the summer
> time).
>
> Regards,
> Paul Markov
> Toronto, Canada
> LX200 10-inch f10
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 4:40 PM
> Subject: [M]: LX200 Goto problem
>
>
> > Hi,
> > I have been having a peculiar problem with my 10" LX200 for a while and at
> > first I thought that I am doing something wrong but now I'm a little
> > concerned.
> > My setup is the plainjane LX200 and hence I am using the scope in ALTAZ. I
> > fed in the location and Time and fed in the GMT offset as 5 hrs.
> > I did the 2 star alignment on Arcturus and Alkaid. Everytime I ask it to
> > GOTO a particular object it goes close to it but is off by at least 5-6
> > degrees in Dec. and 10 minutes in RA.
> > The Dec. lock is very effective with absolutely no play. The only problem
> > I face, and I wrote to the list before with no reply, is that in RA when
> > the lock is engaged, the scope can still go halfway between 0 and the
> > first small division which I think is approx 2.5 minutes. I am curious as
> > to if this kind of play is normal.
> > If anyone has any idea as to why my scope refuses to center anything
> > including Polaris,I would be grateful. For whatever diagnostic purpose it
> > might serve : I am at 40deg51' lat and 117deg28'long by precision GPS
> > measurement and in the Eastern Daylight Timezone.
> > Thanks,
> > Adi
> >
> >
>
>

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