Skywatcher GOTO Location Cords Input Help :D

[Pingster]

Hi there,

I have been using my skyliner flextube for 1 week and today will be my first time using the goto.

Can an expert help me convert these cords to the style skywatcher wants?

My GPS give my location as:

Lat: 51.448164˚ N

Long: 0.012554˚ E

My sky watcher wants the data as.

XXX˚ XX' E/W

XX˚ XX' N/S

Thanks

[Cornelius Varley]

Lat - Long Finder: This page helps you find Latitude and Longitude . You should be able to centre your location on the map and read off the coordinates below. Your coordinates will be approximately 000 01 E 51 27N

Peter

[Pingster]

Hi Cornelius, thanks for your prompt reply. Just in time for me to drive to my dark site

I understand where the North data is being pulled from. But the east data is confusing me a lot as i can't see where you pulled the 000 and the 01 East from?

To help me understand how does this other location convert:

Latitude = 51.3840, Longitude = 0.8900

Lat = 51 degrees, 23.0 minutes North

Long = 0 degrees, 53.4 minutes East

I am correct to say it would be?:

000 53 E 51 23 N

[Cornelius Varley]

Hi Cornelius, thanks for your prompt reply. Just in time for me to drive to my dark site

I understand where the North data is being pulled from. But the east data is confusing me a lot as i can't see where you pulled the 000 and the 01 East from?

To help me understand how does this other location convert:

Latitude = 51.3840, Longitude = 0.8900

Lat = 51 degrees, 23.0 minutes North

Long = 0 degrees, 53.4 minutes East

I am correct to say it would be?:

000 53 E 51 23 N

That looks right.

The Synscan handset requires the cooridinates in degrees and minutes. The longitude figure will be between 000d 00m E/W and 180d 00m E/W, the handset needs all the digits entering.

Peter

[yesyes]

I use Google Earth to get the coordinates in deg min sec. Just zoom in to your location and hover the mouse pointer over it. The status bar at the bottoms shows you the coordinates.