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Subject: Re: Daytime viewing
From: Ron Ezra
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Mar 06 09:03:06 1995

Pat,

Yes, that is correct. The trick is knowing where "directly South" is.

In fact, in the early testing of the LX200, we didn't have ANY alignment routines written yet, and this method was the only way to align it.

Ron

On 2 March at 14:32, you wrote: >
> OK everybody, here goes Pat trying to ignore the rules again. In my
> humble (possibly about to be more humbled) estimation, if the LX200
> assumes, at power-up, that the flat edge of the base is pointed directly
> north, the scope is pointed directly south and is level, and that the
> scope assembly is level, then if you use a known site and the correct
> time of day and set the scope up like that before power-up, it should
> know where it's pointed without looking at any stars, RIGHT?
>