telescope update

[mckitterick]

Okay, now I feel like a dummy. Y'know how I mentioned in yesterday's astrophoto post that I was having troubles with my telescope's tracking? Well, I think I might have figured it out.

I studied the rather thick manual and discovered the Setup menu and its special features. Seems that the mount thought the time was PM, not AM - and it was also an hour off, thinking that we were in Daylight Savings Time. That's 13 hours off. Plus, for some freakish reason, it was also two days off, thinking it was the 5th, while today is the 7th. Odd, these things, for a GPS-powered instrument. (I also input some info such as my name and address.)

Once again proving the value of reading the manual cover-to-cover.

We'll see how it works during my next astrophoto session!

Best,
Chris

Comments

[fortyozspartan.livejournal.com]

I usually see what I can figure out on my own and then when something comes up (like what you experienced) where I want to do something that I can't figure out I look it up in the manual.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's how most people use 'em. I teach this to my tech-writing students, too, so they don't get false notions of how people will read their work.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

UTC, friend, UTC!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Aw, yeah.