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Subject: Re: LX200 Pointing Accuracy Moon Vs. Planets / Stars
From: David Thielke
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Aug 26 00:44:40 1996

Nick Zivanovic wrote:
>
> The same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. Did the 2 star align,
> and slewed to several objects. Slewed to Saturn - OK. Slewed to the
> moon - way off. I thought about it for a moment and I realized that it
> slewed to where the moon would be the next day. Checked the time and
> date - time was right, date was off by one day (not sure how that
> happened). Entered the correct date, punched up star 903 GOTO - right
> on target.
>
> nz
>
> ======================================
> Nick Zivanovic
> Hammond, Indiana USA 41:38'N 87:30'W
> nickz@tsrcom.com 8" f/6.3 LX-200

Yes, this is exactly what happened to me earlier this year -- the date
was off by exactly ONE day -- and I too could not account for it.

Maybe the pre-programmed calendar for the telescope is off by one day,
for one the months? (i.e. 31 days instead of 30, or vice versa)

Hmmm ... maybe worth a quick looking into ....

Dave

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