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

[Richard Huziak]

Yikes - sorry - read " When I point toward the ***NE**** sky......and 
attempt to move left......."

rick

Richard Huziak wrote:

> 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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