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Skywatcher 130 SynScan Goto Telescope Setup


Skywatcher1981

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Hi All,

Very excited to have received my new telescope although very confused with the setup.

Does anyone have a skywatcher 130 synscan goto?

As far as I am aware I have put in the correct Lat & Lon details. My mobile phone gave Lat and Lon which the synscan did not accept so I had to convert it. Is this where the problem lies? I have also left the time zone at +00.00 for the UK, is this correct?

At the moment when I test search objects such as the moon the telescope doesnt get any where close.

Any help with this would be very much appreciated as I'm clearly doing something wrong.

Thank you

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Timezone at 0.00 is correct. Daylight saving is ON. Enter current time as BST. Make sure you enter the date correctly: MONTH FIRST!! Do you get alignment successful message after alignment?

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Hi and thanks for your message. Sadly not got as far as alignment yet due to the clouds :(

Does the time zone bit change when the clocks go back? Does this mean it will become -01:00?

Thank you for your help

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You are in UK aren't you? - you don't need to bother with the timezone thing. Just make sure you use the correct setting for daylight saving

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