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Subject: Re: First Light! (and my hands are frozen)
From: Steven Williams
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun Jan 29 01:00:11 1995

On Sat, 28 Jan 1995, Todd Gross wrote:

> 2. Is the decliniation slow motion control supposed to LOCK when power is
> turned on in Alt-Az mode?

Yes, that's right.

>
> 3. In High Precision mode, I thought the manual said that it would slew to 3
> nearby stars, then to the object after you center the stars, I found that it
> slewed and asked you to center on just ONE star.. Did I miss something?

No, it only chooses ONE star of the three it has near the object. > 4. Even in HP mode, I was as much as 10 arc min off... but the telescope
> wasn't completely level - and I did only a so-so 2 star alignment, is that
> why?

I use level, location and two star alignment and get about 1 arc minute acuracy. Give it a try.

Steven.

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