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    Default Wrong Observatory coordinates ?

    Hello all ,
    i made a new test plan but it seems that my observatory longitude is wrong ? Longitude is 23° 30' 00"E Is it correct the minus sign in front ?

    For: Asteroskopeio2
    ; Location: Nunki Observatory
    ; Coords: Lat = 39° 10' 56" Lon = -23° 30' 00"
    ; Targets: 1
    ; Start Imaging: 22-Nov-2016 20:54:45 (local)
    ; Total Time: 00:04:25

    Regards
    Nikos
    Last edited by nikos paschalis; Nov 27, 2016 at 19:50.
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    Minus is West of 0.

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    So am i wrong ? How can i fix that ?
    In preferences (ACP ) it is correct.
    Last edited by nikos paschalis; Nov 27, 2016 at 16:26.
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    Here is what i mean ...

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    But your latitudes aren't the same, either. Somewhere there exists a wrong set of latitude and longitude. Starry Night? TheSky?
    measuring space rock rotation rates, live from Albuquerque NM

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    I use only the sky. I double checked and is ok.
    (The difference in latitudes you see is just because i changed it (for test)- still get the minus sign) , so don't count on it.
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    Check what the telescope/mount have, as sometimes their drivers have settings for lat/lon/elevation as well.

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    Hi Colin , where exactly you mean ? I use Paramount ME . I think it takes the details straight from The Sky...
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    I think you are using TheSky Plan Capture? Or TheSky Quick Capture? If so the longitude being relayed into ACP Planner is coming directly from TheSky.DocumentProperty(1). Check the longitude in TheSky (it should be East), though your mount would probably be acting really crazy if the longitude was that far off!!

    I'm going to guess that some time in the past that sign of the Longitude changed coming out of TheSky. In any case the listed longitude in the ACP Plan is just a comment and does not affect the Plan itself. It should still run just fine.
    -- Bob

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    Yes Bob , i use the sky plan capture .
    The longitude in The Sky it is correct and is East.
    So you suggest letting it as it is ?
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