[Aavso-photometry] Under the pole 'wrong way' points

[Richard Huziak]

Hi all!

I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced the same issue as I 
have.  When I point toward the NW sky nearer to the horizon, the attempt 
to move left (under the pole) even for just a few degrees, my scope 
wants to slew westward (to the right) and do the 23 hour hop to the 
object 'the long way'.  This only happens when I am beneath the pole 
star moving left, so if I sync on a star far enough left and then slew 
right, I am OK, so I can manage it.

My setup is a Meade LX-200 12", using ECU for pointing and MaximDL for 
imaging and pointing.  

I've looked through the ECU and Maxim menus and cannot find any 'reverse 
directions under pole' or 'choose shortest star-hop distance' menu 
items, so I am baffled as to why this happens, though I wouldn't put it 
past Meade paddle software either.

Any advice would be helpful.  I am concerned, because if I am to change 
to unattended scripting of my program, I don't want to discover all my 
cables wrapped around the scope in the morning.


And Mr. Koppelman!  We all take our telescopes and laptops camping, geez!

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Richard Huziak
Manufacturing Engineering
SED Systems, Saskatoon
tel. (306) 933-1676
<huziak at SEDSystems.ca>
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