Douglas,

On startup, the scope assumes it is level (Dec 0, OTA perpendicular with the
forks) and pointing South. If you are setting up with a wedge, the setup is
exactly the same, but the entire setup will be tilted becasue of that wedge,
however, it will still be Dec 0, OTA perpendicular to the forks. You do not
need to match up your real Longitude with the scopes Dec, just set it to 0
and point the thing South.

Once started up, if you are still aligned from the previous session, you can
do a one star sync and be up and running!

Anthony J. Kroes
Green Bay, WI

> -----Original Message-----
> Douglas Benn
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 11:37 AM
> Subject: [M]: LX200 start up position
>
>
> I know this is a very basic question but I am still not certain
> how the OTA should be positioned just prior to power-up.
>
> I have an LX200 10" with a super wedge and it is polar aligned.
> My wedge reads 29 degrees N as I am in Florida.
> Should my base RA read 0 degrees and Dec on the OTA 29 degrees
> (10" collector pointing straight up at sky) prior to power-up?
> What will the computer have stored as RA and Dec coordinates?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Douglas
>
>
>

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