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Always perform “reality check” by comparing the coordinates of objects in TheSkyX
Professional Edition to objects in the night sky. If TheSkyX Professional Edition’s
location or time is not accurate, the two will not match!
Choose the
Verify TheSkyX Time
command on the
Tools
menu to compare the
computer’s date, time and time zone settings with a web-based time source.
Initializing the Paramount requires a very accurate time base.
TheSkyX Professional Edition
uses the
computer’s clock to compute the local sidereal time (LST). When a connection is established between
TheSkyX Professional Edition
and the “homed” Paramount, the LST is used to re-establish the
synchronization between the Paramount’s “electronic setting circles” and the celestial sphere to within a
few arcseconds. If the computer’s time is accurate, you can just power-up the mount, home, and then
start imaging each night.
Setting the Computer’s Clock
The best method to accurately set your computer’s clock is with “time server” software. Remember, each
second of error in time translates to
fifteen arcseconds error in angular distance near the celestial equator
.
So, telescope pointing will degrade if time is not accurately maintained from night to night.
Inaccurate time causes the mount to slew to objects ahead or behind objects in right ascension by a
consistent offset. Software that periodically resets your computer’s clock using an accurate time base
solves this problem.
Many applications maintain accurate time and most operating systems can be configured to update the
computer’s clock automatically. Windows users might consider Dimension 4 from Thinking Man Software.
Search the web for “time server software” to locate alternatives.
Parking the Paramount
Parking is a command that can be issued to the Paramount from
TheSkyX Professional Edition
and
performs the following operations:
1.
After confirmation by the user, the mount is automatically slewed to a user-defined altitude and
azimuth coordinate, called the
park position
.
2.
Once the park position is reached, the Paramount’s tracking is immediately turned off.
3.
Communication between
TheSkyX Professional Edition
and the mount is terminated.
Note that the park position is not used to initialize the mount.
Parking from TheSkyX Professional Edition
From
TheSkyX Professional Edition
, connect to the mount, and then choose the
Park
command from the
Shut Down
pop-up menu on the
Telescope
window. You will be asked to confirm that you want to slew
the mount to the park position and park the mount.
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