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Subject: Re: [M]: RE: LX200 start up position
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Thu Jun 21 13:35:24 2001

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On Thursday, June 21, 2001, at 12:33 PM, High Desert wrote:

> Am I doing this wrong? I thought on a Wedge the light off position was
> RA 0 hrs and Dec 90 (OTA aligned with RA axis).

The proper position at power up in polar mode is with the OTA pointing
south and at zero declination (that is, perpendicular to the fork arms).

--
Bill Arnett
http://nineplanets.org/ 37 27 38 N 122 16 11 W

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