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What I took to be the Alt is equal to the Dec and the Azimuth makes no sense eg trying it a little while ago on Dubhe, the RA was 11h3.7m with what I thought was Az 247º 42' - no idea what that is. When I use 'Show Position' on the handset, the RA/Dec coordinates look OK but there is another pair of coordinates shown which I assumed were the Alt/Az equivalents, but they don't agree with what Starry Night shows.

Right clicking on an object and choosing 'slew to' from the context menu seems to work OK. At this point I press 'Connect' in Starry Night and the little red cross gets displayed sitting next to Polaris. I switch on the mount, go through the location, date and time questions and say 'no' to alignment. I always park the scope (in the home position) via the handset and hence always start from there. Where I have a choice I've selected EqN for Track Mode and I enter the same latitude and longitude as stored in the handset. On the Telescope Set Up dialog in Starry Night, I've selected Celestron and tried NexStar 5i, 8i and 8 GPS.

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Connection from computer to handset is via the supplied RJ-11 to serial cable connected to a USB port using Astronomiser's serial to USB converter. The SynScan handset firmware is version 3.20 (updated today, but had the same problems with 3.12). At present, I'm just using the mount and computer indoors till I can get it working. Tip: If you ever move and need to change your location (or if you initially enter your home location incorrectly), choose Set Home Location from the File menu (Windows) or the Starry Night menu (Macintosh) to enter a new home location.Does anyone use Starry Night to control an EQ6? If so, I could use some help. Press the Add Location button once you have entered this information, then press the Save As Home Location button. This will open a window where you can enter your city, province/state and country. Once you have entered your co- ordinates, click the Add Location to List button. If you do not know your latitude, longitude, or time zone, click Lookup Lat/Long on Internet for Internet resources that will help you find this information.Ĥ. For example, all communities on Eastern Standard Time are 5 hours behind London, so you would enter “-5 h” if you are on Eastern Standard Time. Time zones are calculated according to the time difference from London, England. Starry Night will convert your values to degrees and minutes.You must also enter the correct time zone. You can enter these values in degrees, degrees & minutes, or degrees, minutes & seconds. Type in the name of your location and enter your latitude and longitude. To see this list, click on the Province column heading and scroll down to “Observatories”.ģ.

Tip: A list of astronomical observatories is included in the location list. If your city is still not listed, proceed to step 3.

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If your city is not listed, try entering your zip/postal code by pressing the Zip/Postal Code tab.

Press the Save As Home Location button to save the changes. Then press the Select Panorama button to associate a landscape with your location. If your home city is listed, click on its name to highlight this city. Use the scrollbar on the right to look through the list. This displays a huge database of cities throughout the world.Ģ. Once you have done this, you do not need to change your home location unless you move.ġ. The first time Starry Night runs, a dialog box opens that asks you to set your home location.

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